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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuzumi Taba, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 21/185 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1869 (2013.01);
Abstract
When an operation member is moved in a state in which a cartridge is mounted to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, a cartridge supporting member is rotated away from a transfer member so that the cartridge is rotated and enters a state in which the cartridge is inclined at an angle θ1 with respect to the transfer member, and an exposure device is rotated away from the transfer member and enters a state in which the exposure device is inclined at an angle θ2 higher than the angle θ1 with respect to the transfer member.