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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Lei Yuan, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Iikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that is rotatably supported, a to-be-transferred member onto which an image that is held by the image carrier is transferred, a driving unit that is disposed on a first end portion of the image carrier in an axial direction of the image carrier and that causes the image carrier to rotate, and a retreat mechanism that causes a second end portion of the image carrier to be separated from the to-be-transferred member while a connection between the image carrier and the driving unit is maintained and thereafter causes the image carrier to retreat by disconnecting the image carrier and the driving unit from each other.