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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Sadaaki Tani, Numazu, JP;
Akinobu Hirayama, Mishima, JP;
Takateru Ohkubo, Susono, JP;
Takahito Ueno, Mishima, JP;
Inventors:
Sadaaki Tani, Numazu, JP;
Akinobu Hirayama, Mishima, JP;
Takateru Ohkubo, Susono, JP;
Takahito Ueno, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0189 (2013.01); G03G 21/185 (2013.01); G03G 21/1896 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a moving member equipped with a pressed portion and a detected portion, and in which the detected portion is configured to move to a predetermined position above the pressed portion by the pressed portion being pressed by the cartridge when the cartridge is attached to the image forming apparatus main body, and a detection device configured to detect whether the cartridge is attached by detection light passing the predetermined position.