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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Hidehisa Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Hidehisa Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A roller member urging mechanism includes: a roller member having a roller shaft and coming in contact with a predetermined member; a casing for holding the roller member, the casing being electrically insulative; a bearing for receiving the roller shaft, the bearing being provided in the casing slidably in a direction substantially orthogonal to the roller shaft of the roller member, the bearing being electrically conductive; and a strip member provided in the casing near the bearing and serving as a contact for supplying electricity to the roller member. The strip member being a spring-like single member operable to come in contact with the bearing to press the roller member against the predetermined member through the bearing.