摘要:
When an operator manually rotates flanges for holding roll paper, flange placement rollers rotate accordingly. Paper is supplied from the roll paper, and rotational force of one of the flange placement rollers is transmitted to a drive roller by a gear mechanism. Once the tip portion of the paper is held between the drive roller and an idler roller, the paper is semi-automatically fed to a set position by rotation of the drive roller. A torque limiter is provided in the gear mechanism to prevent an undesirably large load from being exerted on the paper.
摘要:
When an electromagnetic clutch 45 is turned on, a rotating force of a main motor 62 is transmitted to a shaft 42 of a drive roller 41a of transport rollers 41 through a double gear 49 and a high-speed gear 46. As a result, the drive roller 41a rotates so as to produce a transport speed higher than the circumferential speed of a photoreceptor drum 13, thereby looping a transfer material P. When the electromagnetic clutch 45 turned off, the rotating force of the main motor 62 is transmitted to the shaft 42 through the double gear 49 and a low-speed gear 47. Accordingly, the drive roller 41a rotates so as to produce a transport speed lower than the circumferential speed of the photoreceptor drum 13. As a result, the loop of the transfer material P gradually shrinks and finally disappears. The drive roller 41a is therefore separated from the main motor 62 by the action of a one-way clutch 48, to follow the rotation of the photoreceptor drum 13 while exerting tension on the transfer material P.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a latent-image forming device; a developing device; a latent-image forming device contacting/separating mechanism; and a developing device contacting/separating mechanism, and the latent-image forming device contacting/separating mechanism allows the latent-image forming device to be movable to the latent-image forming device contacting position in a state where the developing device is moved to the developing device contacting position.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus is provided with: an image carrier; an exposure member that exposes the image carrier and forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a developing member that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier; and a contact-retracting unit that rotates the developing member taking a predetermined position as the rotational center, and brings the developing member in contact with or proximity to the image carrier or retracts the developing member from the image carrier.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes: a body; a transport belt that includes a transport face, and that transports the sheet while supporting the sheet on a transport face; a developer-image forming portion that forms a developer image on the sheet transported by transport belt; and a fixing device that includes a contact portion disposed lower position than the transport face, and that fixes the developer image on the sheet by the contact portion.
摘要:
A plurality of process cartridges are installed and removed in a lateral direction of an image forming device main body. A conveying belt unit in the device main body includes a conveying belt that upwardly conveys a sheet on which an image is to be formed and a frame that supports an entraining roller at which the conveying belt is entrained. The image forming device includes a guide that guides the plurality of process cartridges to their installed positions in the device main body. The plurality of process cartridges correspond to respective toners of a plurality of colors. Each of the process cartridges includes a housing that supports a photosensitive drum which rotates in a predetermined direction. Each of the process cartridges also includes a handle having the same color as that of the frame of the conveying belt unit and which is formed integrally with the housing.
摘要:
An image forming device of the present invention has: a plurality of process cartridges which are provided in a device main body so as to be installable and removable in a lateral direction, and which are disposed in a vertical row; cartridge guides formed at the device main body, and guiding the plurality of process cartridges respectively to installed positions; handles provided at end portions of the plurality of process cartridges respectively, and grasped at times of installing and removing the plurality of process cartridges respectively; and concave portions provided at insert-in portions of the plurality of cartridge guides respectively, and forming spaces for grasping of the handles.
摘要:
There is provided an image forming device which has an opening/closing portion rotatably mounted to a device main body, and at which plural cartridges accommodated in the device main body can be exposed due to the opening/closing portion being rotated. In the image forming device, a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a belt, which is provided at the opening/closing portion, is positioned at a cartridge side of the opening/closing portion. An opposing member is provided at the opening/closing portion so as to oppose the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the belt. A guide portion, which guides the opposing member such that the opposing member can slide with respect to the device main body, is provided at the device main body.
摘要:
A process cartridge provided attachably and detachably to and from an image forming apparatus main body, and including an image carrier, a developing unit for visualizing an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier and a toner replenishing unit for replenishing at least a toner to the developing unit, includes: an image carrier cartridge unitized by including at least the image carrier and positioned and supported by the image forming apparatus main body; and a developing cartridge unitized by including at least the developing unit and urged to press to the image carrier cartridge in a state of being positioned relative to the image carrier cartridge, wherein: the toner replenishing unit is included in at least either of the image carrier cartridge and the developing cartridge; and at least a portion of the toner replenishing unit is supported by the image forming apparatus main body.
摘要:
A rotating type developing apparatus, having a plurality of developing devices which convey developer, which at least includes toner and carrier, to a developing roll while accommodating and circulating the developer; and a rotating body which holds and rotates the plurality of developing devices, in a rotating type developing apparatus in which the plurality of developing devices successively oppose a photosensitive drum due to the rotation of the rotating body so as to form a multicolor image, the apparatus having developer supplying equipment which supplies the developer to the developing devices; and collecting equipment which collects excess developer within the developing devices due to the rotation of the rotating body.