Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJunichi Ochi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly including an image forming portion; a rotatable member capable of feeding a sheet and configured to rotate; and a detecting unit including an interrelating member configured to rotate in interrelation with rotation of the rotatable member, a detecting member configured to detect rotation of the interrelating member, and a holding member configured to integrally hold the interrelating member and the detecting member. The interrelating member, the detecting member and the holding member are integrally assembled into a unit. The detecting unit is detachably mountable to the main assembly.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main assembly including an image forming portion;
- a rotatable member capable of feeding a sheet and configured to rotate;
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- a detecting unit including an interrelating member configured to rotate in interrelation with rotation of said rotatable member, a detecting member configured to detect rotation of said interrelating member, and a holding member configured to integrally hold said interrelating member and said detecting member, wherein said interrelating member, said detecting member and said holding member are integrally assembled into a unit,
- wherein said detecting unit is detachably mountable to said main assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.