Image forming apparatus including retractable exposure portion
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRYOICHI KAWASUMI, TAKEHIRO ISHIDATE, HIROKI TAKANO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor that rotates about a first axis; an exposure portion that includes a substrate that includes a plurality of light emitting portions for exposing a surface of the photoconductor, and a support portion for supporting the substrate, and that moves between an exposure position where the photoconductor is exposed and a retracted position where the photoconductor is retracted from the exposure position; and a rotational member that has a second axis along the first axis, and that moves the exposure portion between the retracted position and the exposure position by rotation about the second axis.
Claims1
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a photoconductor configured to rotate about a first axis;
- an exposure portion including a substrate that includes a plurality of light emitting portions exposing a surface of the photoconductor, and a support portion supporting the substrate, the exposure portion being configured to move between an exposure position where the photoconductor is exposed and a retracted position where the photoconductor is retracted from the exposure position;
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- a rotational member having a second axis along the first axis, and configured to move the exposure portion between the retracted position and the exposure position by rotation about the second axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.