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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takahiko Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus main body, a detachable body that is detachably provided on the image forming apparatus main body, includes an image holding member, and moves along a predetermined moving path, and a light emitting member that performs a light emission to the image holding member, is pressed against the detachable body, and a portion of the light emitting member protrudes to the moving path, wherein a first portion of the light emitting member positioned on the moving path is pressed, the light emitting member is moved in a direction, a second portion positioned on the moving path is pressed, and the light emitting member is moved in a direction opposite to the second direction, and wherein one of the pressing of the first portion and the pressing of the second portion is performed first, and the other is performed later.