Image forming apparatus having a main body, attaching/detaching section, uneven part, and cleaning member
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoji Sato
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a main body, an attaching/detaching section, an uneven part, and a cleaning member. A conveyance path is formed inside the main body. The attaching/detaching section housed in the main body is detachably drawn out with respect to the main body along the conveyance path. The uneven part has a convex part and a concave part and is arranged in the attaching/detaching section. The cleaning member arranged in the main body is slidable with the convex part in a direction in which the attaching/detaching section moves along the conveyance path.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body having a conveyance path therein;
- an attaching/detaching section, housed in the main body, configured to be detachably drawn out with respect to the main body along the conveyance path;
- an uneven part, arranged in the attaching/detaching section, comprising a convex part and a concave part;
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- a cleaning member, arranged in the main body, slidable with respect to the convex part in a direction in which the attaching/detaching section moves along the conveyance path,
- the main body has an opening through which the attaching/detaching section is attached or detached and a rear part at an opposite side to the opening in the conveyance path,
- the attaching/detaching section has a part which slides with the cleaning member, and
- the uneven part is arranged at an end where a distance from the rear part along the conveyance path is shorter than a distance from the opening along the conveyance path in the attaching/detaching section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.