Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with photosensitive drum that cyclically reciprocates in an axial direction
- Patent Title (中): 具有沿轴向循环往复运动的感光鼓的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US15051774Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US09594338B2Publication Date: 2017-03-14
- Inventor: Hiroki Morishita , Koichi Imanaka
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2015-036085 20150226; JP2015-036086 20150226
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a photosensitive drum, a cleaning member, a driving transmission portion, and a movement mechanism. The photosensitive drum is rotatably supported by the housing about a first shaft portion. The driving transmission portion transmits a rotation driving force to the photosensitive drum. The movement mechanism reciprocates the photosensitive drum in an axial direction. The movement mechanism includes a first rotation gear, a second rotation gear, a first intermediate gear, and a second intermediate gear. The first rotation gear integrally rotates with the photosensitive drum. The second rotation gear has teeth different in number from teeth of the first rotation gear and rotates with a predetermined speed difference relative to the first rotation gear. The first and second intermediate gears are a pair of rotation gears rotatable about a second shaft portion parallel to the first shaft portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160252868A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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