Image forming apparatus body and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsToshikane Nishii, Hiroshi Ishii, Kunihiko Nishioka, Akiyoshi Tanaka, Yasunari Harada, Mitsutaka Nakamura
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Abstract
A mobile image forming apparatus includes a body; a recording device supported by the body and configured to form an image on a recording medium, and at least one roller provided to the body and configured to rotate on the recording medium while the body is moved in a scanning direction for image formation. The mobile image forming apparatus further includes at least one pressing member disposed in contact with the at least one roller and configured to press the at least one roller in a roller axial direction.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a body including a first wall;
- a recording device supported by the body, the recording device configured to form an image on a recording medium;
- at least one roller connected to the body, the at least one roller configured to rotate on the recording medium while the body is moved in a scanning direction for image formation;
- a bearing configured to rotatably support a respective one of the at least one roller, the bearing including a cut-out therein in a circumferential direction of the bearing;
- and
- at least one pressing member configured to contact the at least one roller and press the at least one roller in an axial direction of the at least one roller when the respective one of at least one roller is supported by the bearing such that the respective one of the at least one roller is pressed against an inner surface of the first wall of the body.
A body configured to house a recording device of an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium, the body comprising:
- at least one roller configured to rotate on the recording medium while the body is moved in a scanning direction for image formation;
- a bearing configured to rotatably support a respective one of the at least one roller, the bearing including a cut-out therein in a circumferential direction of the bearing;
- and
- at least one pressing member configured to contact the at least one roller and press the at least one roller in an axial direction of the at least one roller when the respective one of at least one roller is supported by the bearing such that the respective one of the at least one roller is pressed against an inner surface of a wall of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.