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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi No, Ebina, JP;
Shinya Makiura, Ebina, JP;
Shuhei Yamazaki, Ebina, JP;
Kazushi Arake, Ebina, JP;
Satoshi Hayasaka, Ebina, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A support member is supported in a cylinder included in an image carrier and includes a separation-space-defining portion that is arranged at a certain position in a circumferential direction and extends in an axial direction of the cylinder so that the support member has an arc shape; and a groove-defining portion having a groove depth that changes along the axial direction. A bottom plate of the groove-defining portion is elastically deformed so that the support member presses an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder at least at both ends in the axial direction and is thereby supported in the cylinder.