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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yosuke Saito, Osaka, JP;
Shigeki Tsukahara, Osaka, JP;
Ai Takagami, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Kadota, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus () forms an image on a recording medium. The image forming apparatus () includes a substrate (), a photosensitive drum (), a heating element () that heats the photosensitive drum (), a light emitting element () that performs static elimination on the photosensitive drum (), and a metal member () that transfers heat from the heating element () to the photosensitive drum (). The light emitting element () and the heating element () are mounted on one of main surfaces of the substrate (). The metal member () is in contact with another of the main surface of the substrate ().