Image forming apparatus enabling angle adjustment of fixing unit to apparatus main body
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorYoshifumi Okauchi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit and an apparatus main body. The fixing unit fixes a toner image on a sheet while conveying the sheet. In the apparatus main body, the fixing unit is removably attached. The fixing unit includes a unit side connection part. The apparatus main body includes a main body side connection part and a first adjustment mechanism. The main body side connection part is electrically connected with the unit side connection part. The first adjustment mechanism is used for adjusting an angle of the fixing unit with respect to the apparatus main body. The main body side connection part is arranged at a side of a supporting point of angle adjustment of the fixing unit by the first adjustment mechanism.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a fixing unit fixing a toner image on a sheet while conveying the sheet;
- and
- an apparatus main body in which the fixing unit is removably attached,
- wherein the fixing unit includes a unit side connection part,
- the apparatus main body includes:
- a main body side connection part electrically connected with the unit side connection part;
- and
- a first adjustment mechanism used for adjusting an angle of the fixing unit with respect to the apparatus main body,
- the main body side connection part is arranged at a side of a supporting point of angle adjustment of the fixing unit by the first adjustment mechanism.
The image forming apparatus according to claim wherein
- the first adjustment mechanism includes:
- a holding member holding an opposite end to a side of the supporting point of the fixing unit and being movable in a conveying direction of the sheet;
- and
- an adjusting member used for adjusting a movement position of the holding member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.