18438903. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Inventor(s)
Kazuyoshi Hagiwara of Kanagawa JP
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18438903 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus includes: a moving portion that moves in one direction; an inclined surface that is disposed in a state of being inclined with respect to the one direction, has one end located on a side close to the moving portion and another end located on a side farther from the moving portion than the one end, and extends in a direction from the other end toward the one end; a cleaning member that is supported by the inclined surface, cleans the moving portion, and can change a disposition position in a normal extension direction, which is a direction in which a normal to the inclined surface extends; and a positioning portion that is used for positioning the cleaning member in a surface extension direction, which is the direction from the other end toward the one end, such that a disposition position of the cleaning member in the surface extension direction moves to a downstream side in the surface extension direction in response to a disposition position of the cleaning member being changed to a downstream side in the normal extension direction.