Image forming apparatus featuring a plurality of image bearing members adjustable in two dimensions
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Yahagi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a first image bearing member for bearing an image thereon; a second image bearing member for bearing an image thereon; the images on the first image bearing member and the second image bearing member being sequentially superimposed and transferred to a transfer medium; and a supporting device for supporting each of the rotary shafts of the first image bearing member and the second image bearing member; the supporting device being provided with a first supporting member for supporting each of the rotary shafts for movement in a first direction, and a second supporting member for supporting each of the rotary shafts for movement in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
Claims46
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first image bearing member for bearing an image thereon;
- a second image bearing member for bearing an image thereon;
- the images on said first image bearing member and said second image bearing member being sequentially superimposed and transferred to a transfer medium;
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- supporting means for supporting each of rotary shafts of said first image bearing member and said second image bearing member,
- wherein said supporting means is provided with a first supporting member for supporting each of said rotary shafts for movement in a first direction and for regulating a position of each of said rotary shafts in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, and a second supporting member for supporting each of said rotary shafts for movement in the second direction and for regulating a position of each of said rotary shafts in the first direction.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first unit provided with a first image bearing member for bearing an image thereon;
- a second unit provided with a second image bearing member for bearing an image thereon;
- the images on said first image bearing member and said second image bearing member being sequentially superimposed and transferred to a transfer medium;
- and
- supporting means for supporting protruding portions provided on said first unit and said second unit,
- wherein said supporting means is provided with a first supporting member for supporting each of said protruding portions for movement in a first direction and for regulating positions of said protruding portions in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, and a second supporting member for supporting each of said protruding portions for movement in the second direction and for regulating the positions of said protruding portions in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.