Image forming apparatus having detachable image bearing and transfer belt mechanisms
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorKazuaki Iikura
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing mechanism and a transfer belt mechanism. The image bearing mechanism is attachable to and detachable from an apparatus body in a first direction and supports multiple image bearing members. Each image bearing member has a surface onto which an image is formed while the image bearing member rotates. The transfer belt mechanism includes a transfer belt onto which the images on the multiple image bearing members are transferred while the image bearing members rotate. The transfer belt mechanism is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body in a second direction different from the first direction.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearing mechanism that is attachable to and detachable from an apparatus body in a first direction and that supports a plurality of image bearing members, each image bearing member having a surface onto which an image is formed while the image bearing member rotates;
- a transfer belt mechanism including a transfer belt onto which the images on the plurality of image bearing members are transferred while the image bearing members rotate, the transfer belt mechanism being attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body in a second direction different from the first direction, and
- a regulating unit provided on the transfer belt mechanism that is configured to prevent detachment of the transfer belt mechanism when the image bearing mechanism is attached to the apparatus body,
- wherein the regulating unit is a protrusion provided in the transfer belt mechanism, the protrusion abutting on the image bearing mechanism when the transfer belt mechanism attached to the apparatus body is to be detached from the apparatus body.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearing mechanism that is attachable to and detachable from an apparatus body in a first direction and that supports a plurality of image bearing members, each image bearing member having a surface onto which an image is formed while the image bearing member rotates;
- a transfer belt mechanism including a transfer belt onto which the images on the plurality of image bearing members are transferred while the image bearing members rotate, the transfer belt mechanism being attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body in a second direction different from the first direction, and
- a regulating unit that is a protrusion provided in the transfer belt mechanism, the protrusion abutting on the image bearing mechanism when the transfer belt mechanism attached to the apparatus body is to be detached from the apparatus body,
- wherein at least a part of a suppressing member that suppresses meandering of the transfer belt in a rotating state is disposed in the protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.