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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takahiko Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, an image carrying body, an exposure device, a detachable body, and a movement device. The image carrying body installed in the housing carries an image formed on its surface. The exposure device is movable between exposure and retracted positions. The surface of the image carrying body is exposed to light at the exposure position. A distance between an installation position where the image carrying body is installed in the housing and the retracted position is larger than a distance between the installation position and the exposure position. The image carrying body is disposed in the detachable body attachable to and detachable from the housing. The movement device provided in the detachable body causes the exposure device to move from the retracted position side to the exposure position side along with a movement of the detachable body being inserted into the housing.