US 9,429,872 B2Granted

Image forming apparatus

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorTakao Nakajima

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Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station having an image bearing member for bearing a latent image and a developing device for developing the latent image formed on the image bearing member using toner, a toner container for accommodating toner to be supplied to the developing device, the toner container being provided with an expansion-and-contraction portion capable of being expanded and contracted in a longitudinal direction thereof by being driven, and a holding member for holding the toner container. In addition, a first side plate supports one end portion of the holding member, a second side plate supports the other end portion of the holding member, and a driving device drives the image forming station. The holding member is supported by the first side plate so as to be movable relative to the first side plate in the longitudinal direction and is fixed to the second side plate.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising;

an image forming station including an image bearing member for bearing a latent image and a developing device configured to develop the latent image formed on said image bearing member using toner;
a toner container configured to accommodate toner to be supplied to said developing device, said toner container being provided with an expansion-and-contraction portion capable of being expanded and contracted in a longitudinal direction thereof by being driven;
a holding member configured to hold said toner container;
a first side plate provided at one end side of said holding member with respect to the longitudinal direction and configured to support one end portion of said holding member;
a second side plate provided at the other end side of said holding member with respect to the longitudinal direction and configured to support the other end portion of said holding member;
and
a driving device configured to drive said image forming station,
wherein said driving device is provided on said first side plate,
wherein said holding member is supported by said first side plate so as to be movable relative to the first side plate in the longitudinal direction and is fixed to said second side plate, and
wherein said first and second side plates face each other.

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