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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Nobutaka Suzuki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Nobutaka Suzuki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body and a rotating member unit having a rotating member. The rotating member unit is detachably held in the main body. The main body of the image forming apparatus has a retainer which retains a shaft penetrating and supporting the rotating member, and the retainer has a first shaft retaining member which supports the shaft at a front side as seen from the insertion direction of the rotating member unit.