Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unit moving apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15294567Application Date: 2016-10-14
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Publication No.: US09671736B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Fumihiko Hayayumi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A. Inc., IP Division
- Priority: JP2015-017857 20150130
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A unit moving apparatus includes a unit provided to a main body in such a manner so as to be attached to and pulled out from the main body, a main-body guide portion provided to the main body and configured to guide the unit while restricting rotation of the unit at a time of attaching and pulling out the unit, a pull-in unit configured to apply a pulling force to the unit to pull the unit into the main body, and a unit restriction portion configured to restrict rotation of the unit in such a manner that the units rotates within an angle smaller than an angle to which the main-body guide portion restricts the unit's rotation when a rotation moment is generated by the pulling force of the pull-in unit applied to the unit and a load applied to the unit in a direction opposite to an attachment direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170031292A1 UNIT MOVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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