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US 2019/0094792 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorsKazuteru KURIHARA, Atsushi OHTA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developer carrier disposed so as to face the image carrier, a transfer body disposed so as to face the image carrier, and a contact-separation mechanism. The contact-separation mechanism brings the developer carrier and the image carrier into contact with each other and separates the developer carrier and the image carrier from each other, and brings the image carrier and the transfer body into contact with each other and separates the image carrier and the transfer body from each other.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier;
- a developer carrier disposed so as to face the image carrier;
- a transfer body disposed so as to face the image carrier;
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- a contact-separation mechanism configured to bring the developer carrier and the image carrier into contact with each other and separate the developer carrier and the image carrier from each other, the contact-separation mechanism being configured to bring the image carrier and the transfer body into contact with each other and separate the image carrier and the transfer body from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.