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US 2003/0202818 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and image forming unit detachably mountable thereto
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakao Sameshima
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Abstract
An image forming unit detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, and an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on the image bearing member is transferred, the image bearing member and the intermediate transfer member being movable relative to each other in the image forming unit.
Claims43
An image forming unit detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, said image forming unit comprising:
- an image bearing member;
- and
- an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred,
- wherein said image bearing member and said intermediate transfer member are movable relative to each other in said image forming unit.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit detachably mountable to a main body of said apparatus,
- wherein said image forming unit comprises an image bearing member and an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred, and said image bearing member and said intermediate transfer member are movable relative to each other in said image forming unit.
An image forming unit detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, said image forming unit comprising:
- an image bearing member;
- an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred;
- and
- transfer-contact-separation means for moving transfer means for transferring the toner image on said intermediate transfer member to a recording material into and out of contact with said intermediate transfer member.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit detachably mountable to a main body of said apparatus,
- wherein said image forming unit comprises an image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred, and transfer-contact-separation means for moving transfer means for transferring the toner image on said intermediate transfer member to a recording material into and out of contact with said intermediate transfer member.
An image forming unit detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, said image forming unit comprising:
- an image bearing member;
- an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred;
- cleaning means for cleaning said intermediate transfer member;
- and
- cleaning-contact-separation means for moving said cleaning means into and out of contact with said intermediate transfer member.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit detachably mountable to a main body of the apparatus,
- wherein said image forming unit comprises an image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred, cleaning means for cleaning said intermediate transfer member, and cleaning-contact-separation means for moving said cleaning means into and out of contact with said intermediate transfer member.
An image forming unit detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, said image forming unit comprising:
- an image bearing member;
- an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred;
- toner collecting means for collecting therein toner removed from said image bearing member;
- intermediate transfer member drive transmitting means for transmitting a driving force to said intermediate transfer member;
- and
- toner carrying means for carrying the toner removed from said image bearing member to said toner collecting means,
- wherein a driving-force transmission to said toner carrying means is effected through said intermediate transfer member drive transmitting means.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit detachably mountable to a main body of the apparatus,
- wherein said image forming unit comprises an image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred, toner collecting means for collecting therein toner removed from said image bearing member, intermediate transfer member drive transmitting means for transmitting a driving force to said intermediate transfer member, and toner carrying means for carrying the toner removed from said image bearing member to said toner collecting means, and
- wherein a driving-force transmission to said toner carrying means is effected through said intermediate transfer member drive transmitting means.
An image forming unit detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, said image forming unit comprising:
- an image bearing member;
- an endless belt to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred in a transferring portion;
- a driving rotary member for driving said belt;
- and
- a driven rotary member driven to be rotated by said belt,
- wherein said belt is stretched around said driving rotary member and said driven rotary member, and
- said transferring portion is located downstream of said driving rotary member and upstream of said driven rotary member in a moving direction of said belt.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit detachably mountable to a main body of said apparatus,
- wherein said image forming unit comprises an image bearing member, an endless belt to which a toner image on said image bearing member is transferred in a transferring portion, a driving rotary member for driving said belt, and a driven rotary member driven to be rotated by said belt,
- said belt is stretched around said driving rotary member and said driven rotary member, and
- said transferring portion is located downstream of said driving rotary member and upstream of said driven rotary member in a moving direction of said belt.
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