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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2008
Keisuke Kubo, Ebina, JP;
Kei Hirata, Ebina, JP;
Tomio Onuki, Ebina, JP;
Takeshi Okoshi, Ebina, JP;
Toshikazu Tsumita, Ebina, JP;
Taiyou Uehara, Ebina, JP;
Takashi Sakamoto, Ebina, JP;
Naoya Iwata, Hadano, JP;
Hirohisa Kohno, Ebina, JP;
Akihide Kawamura, Ebina, JP;
Kazunori Koshimori, Saitama, JP;
Keisuke Kubo, Ebina, JP;
Kei Hirata, Ebina, JP;
Tomio Onuki, Ebina, JP;
Takeshi Okoshi, Ebina, JP;
Toshikazu Tsumita, Ebina, JP;
Taiyou Uehara, Ebina, JP;
Takashi Sakamoto, Ebina, JP;
Naoya Iwata, Hadano, JP;
Hirohisa Kohno, Ebina, JP;
Akihide Kawamura, Ebina, JP;
Kazunori Koshimori, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus is provided with: an image carrier; an exposure member that exposes the image carrier and forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a developing member that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier; and a contact-retracting unit that rotates the developing member taking a predetermined position as the rotational center, and brings the developing member in contact with or proximity to the image carrier or retracts the developing member from the image carrier.