摘要:
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a resin frame composed of a resin and an image forming unit that is removably inserted in the resin frame. The resin frame includes a base having a supporting surface that supports the image forming unit, a guide portion that extends in the base in an insertion direction in which the image forming unit is inserted along the supporting surface and that guides the image forming unit in the insertion direction while limiting movement of the image forming unit in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to the insertion direction, and a side plate portion that is provided at a peripheral edge of the base so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the supporting surface, the base, the guide portion, and the side plate portion being integrally molded from a resin. A mold opening direction of a mold for molding the guide portion is set to a direction parallel to the orthogonal direction, and downstream end portions of the side plate portion in the mold opening direction are integrally connected to each other and extend essentially parallel to the perimeter of the base.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a resin frame composed of a resin and an image forming unit that is removably inserted in the resin frame. The resin frame includes a base having a supporting surface that supports the image forming unit, a guide portion that extends in the base in an insertion direction in which the image forming unit is inserted along the supporting surface and that guides the image forming unit in the insertion direction while limiting movement of the image forming unit in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to the insertion direction, and a side plate portion that is provided at a peripheral edge of the base so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the supporting surface, the base, the guide portion, and the side plate portion being integrally molded from a resin. A mold opening direction of a mold for molding the guide portion is set to a direction parallel to the orthogonal direction, and downstream end portions of the side plate portion in the mold opening direction are integrally connected to each other and extend essentially parallel to the perimeter of the base.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus provided with a resin frame made of a resin, an image forming unit and a fixing unit includes a duct for allowing air to flow between the image forming unit and the fixing unit. The resin frame includes a main frame to which the image forming unit is attached, and a fixing unit attachment frame that is separate from the main frame and to which the fixing unit is attached, and the fixing unit attachment frame has a duct portion that constitutes at least one part of the duct.
摘要:
In one embodiment, an image forming apparatus (100) is provided with a resin frame (300) made of resin and an image forming unit (200). The image forming apparatus further includes a first duct (410) that allows air to flow on one side of the image forming unit (200), a second duct (420) that allows air to flow on the other side, and a third duct (430) that allows air to flow between the first duct and the second duct. The resin frame (300) has a first duct portion (311) that constitutes at least a portion of the first duct (410), and a second duct portion (321) that constitutes at least a portion of the second duct (420).
摘要:
An image forming apparatus provided with a resin frame made of a resin, an image forming unit and a fixing unit includes a duct for allowing air to flow between the image forming unit and the fixing unit. The resin frame includes a main frame to which the image forming unit is attached, and a fixing unit attachment frame that is separate from the main frame and to which the fixing unit is attached, and the fixing unit attachment frame has a duct portion that constitutes at least one part of the duct.
摘要:
In one embodiment, an image forming apparatus (100) is provided with a resin frame (300) made of resin and an image forming unit (200). The image forming apparatus further includes a first duct (410) that allows air to flow on one side of the image forming unit (200), a second duct (420) that allows air to flow on the other side, and a third duct (430) that allows air to flow between the first duct and the second duct. The resin frame (300) has a first duct portion (311) that constitutes at least a portion of the first duct (410), and a second duct portion (321) that constitutes at least a portion of the second duct (420).
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a controller for detecting the opening and closing of a shutter from the output from an optical sensor and controlling the opening and closing operation of the shutter based on the detected result. The controller determines that if the optical sensor is turned “ON” within a predetermined period of time from when the shutter begins opening, the operation of the shutter from the closed state to the open state is correctly detected. When no reflected light is detected by the optical sensor even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the controller determines that an anomaly has occurred and closes the shutter and repeat another detecting process.
摘要:
A rotational drive transmission mechanism used in an image forming apparatus for transmitting rotational drive force using an internal gear and an external gear having involute tooth profiles, includes photoreceptor drum drive couplings for transmitting rotational drive force to photoreceptor drums and a transfer drive coupling for transmitting rotational drive force to an intermediate transfer belt drive roller. The internal gears provided for these are so formed that all the drive vectors of the rotational drive force transmitted to the teeth of either the internal gear or the external gear in mesh with the internal gear, are made uniform so as to be oriented either outwards from the center of the rotational axis or inwards toward the center of the rotational axis, equivalently relative to the center of the rotational axis.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus include: a plurality of photosensitive drums; a latent image forming unit for forming an electrostatic latent image on each photosensitive drum; a developing unit for developing each electrostatic latent image; a transferring unit for superimposing and transferring the developed images onto a moving record medium; a measurement unit for measuring positions of the transferred images on the record medium; and a control unit for controlling the photosensitive drums, the latent image forming unit, the developing unit, and the transferring unit. The control unit includes: a calculating unit for calculating a value related to alignment errors in the positions measured by said measurement unit in accordance with a sine-curve fitting method; and a correcting unit for correcting the alignment errors by the calculated value.
摘要:
It is an object to prevent distortions and deviations of images caused by the eccentricity of a driven gear mounted to a rotational shaft of a photosensitive drum. There are provided a driving gear which is secured to a rotational shaft of a rotational driving power source and is rotated at a constant peripheral speed, a driven gear secured coaxially to a rotational shaft of a cylindrical-shaped photosensitive member, a phase control gear having the same diameter as that of the driven gear and having the same rotational speed variation characteristic as that of the driven gear, and a transmission gear, and a driving force from the driving gear is transmitted to the driven gear through the phase control gear and the transmission gear.