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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1998
Takao Sameshima, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a first unit with an image bearing member for bearing an image, a second unit having a transfer device for transferring the image on the image bearing member onto a transfer material, the second unit being rockable around a rock center to engage with and disengage from the first unit and having a positioning portion to be positioned at a predetermined position of the first unit, and a shifter for permitting a shifting movement of the rock center so that the positioning portion is positioned at the predetermined position even when a relative position of the first unit with respect to an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus is changed.