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US 9,002,217 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus with cartridge moving member having detection unit for adjacent cartridge
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki Seto
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Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including a moving member configured to support a first process cartridge and move the first process cartridge to a position for forming an image, and a detection unit configured to detect a state of a second process cartridge, in which the moving member holds the detection unit.
Claims10
A tandem type image forming apparatus configured to form an image using a plurality of process cartridges, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a moving member configured to support a first process cartridge among the plurality of process cartridges, and move the first process cartridge to a position for forming the image;
- and
- a detection unit configured to detect a state of a second process cartridge adjacent to the first process cartridge among the plurality of process cartridges,
- wherein the moving member holds the detection unit.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a moving member configured to support a first process cartridge, and move the first process cartridge to a position for forming an image;
- and
- a detection unit configured to detect a state of a second process cartridge,
- wherein the moving member holds the detection unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.