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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Abe, Chiba, JP;
Yuta Okada, Ibaraki, JP;
Shinichiro Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Fukumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Nobuhisa Kojima, Chiba, JP;
Hitoshi Iwai, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an exchanging tool for an image forming apparatus including: an exposure head; a flexible flat cable to electrically connect the exposure head with a control circuit board; and a guide portion being configured to hold the flexible flat cable along leftward and rightward directions. The exchanging tool is used for exchanging the flexible flat cable and includes an elongated sheet member with a cable holding portion to hold the flexible flat cable at one end portion in a longitudinal direction. A length from the cable holding portion to the other end portion in the longitudinal direction is such that, via the guide portion, the other end portion is exposed from a first through hole disposed on one side in the leftward and rightward directions and the cable holding portion is exposed from the second through hole disposed on the other side in the leftward and rightward directions.