JP2010204250A5

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Publication number: JP2010204250A5
Application number: JP2009047804A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2009-03-02
Publication date: 2012-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 2029-03-02

Description

（１）第一のユニットと、前記第一のユニットに当接する第二のユニットと、を備え、画像形成装置本体に対して着脱可能に装着される着脱ユニットと、前記画像形成装置本体に前記着脱ユニットを挿入するための開口部から挿入された前記着脱ユニットを案内するためのガイド部材と、を有する画像形成装置であって、前記着脱ユニットは、前記着脱ユニットを保持するための把手部を備え、前記把手部は、前記着脱ユニットが前記画像形成装置本体に装着されたときには前記着脱ユニットに収納され、前記着脱ユニットが前記画像形成装置本体から離脱したときには前記着脱ユニットから突出し、前記着脱ユニットは、前記第一のユニットに対して前記第二のユニットが移動することによって、前記画像形成装置本体から離脱したときには第一の姿勢をとり、前記画像形成装置本体に装着されたときには第二の姿勢をとり、前記着脱ユニットが前記ガイド部材に案内されて前記画像形成装置本体に挿入される途中で、前記把手部が突出した状態から収納された状態へと変化することに連動して、前記着脱ユニットが前記第一の姿勢から前記第二の姿勢へと変化することを特徴とする画像形成装置。 (1) a first unit, a second unit which abuts against the first unit, and a detachable unit detachably attached to the image forming apparatus main body, the image forming apparatus main body an image forming apparatus having a guide member for guiding the inserted said detachable unit from the opening for inserting the detachable unit, before Symbol detachable unit, handle for holding the detachable unit comprising a part, the grip portion, said when the detachable unit is mounted to the image forming apparatus main body is accommodated in the detachable unit, protruding from the detachable unit when said detachable unit is detached from the image forming apparatus main body, wherein detachable unit by the second unit is moved relative to the first unit, when detached from the image forming apparatus main body The handle portion takes a first posture and takes a second posture when attached to the image forming apparatus main body, and the grip part is inserted into the image forming apparatus main body while being guided by the guide member. The image forming apparatus, wherein the detachable unit changes from the first posture to the second posture in conjunction with a change from a protruding state to a stored state.

廃トナー回収ユニット６４には、第一容器６０と第二容器６１を繋いでいる可撓性の把手６２が設けられている。把手は第一容器６０と第二容器６１にそれぞれ設けられた、把手ガイド部６０ｃ、６１ｃ、６１ｄにより、廃トナー回収ユニット６４を着脱する際に図１８のように外れることなく、移動することができるようになっている。そして、着脱時に把手６２が引っ張られると、図１８（ａ）、図１８（ｂ）のように把手６２の一部のテーパー形状のテーパー部６２ａが、第二容器のテーパー部６１ｅと係合し、廃トナー回収ユニット６４を直線状に維持する。 The waste toner collecting unit 64 is provided with a flexible handle 62 that connects the first container 60 and the second container 61. The handle can be moved by the handle guide portions 60c, 61c, 61d provided in the first container 60 and the second container 61 without being detached as shown in FIG. 18 when the waste toner collecting unit 64 is attached or detached. It can be done. When the handle 62 is pulled during detachment, FIG. 18 (a), the the tape path over portion 62a of the portion of the tapered shape of the handle 62 as shown in FIG. 18 (b), the tapered portion 61e and the engagement of the second container The waste toner collecting unit 64 is maintained in a straight line.

Claims

A first unit, a second unit which abuts against the first unit, and a detachable unit detachably attached to the image forming apparatus main body,
A guide member for guiding the detachable unit inserted from an opening for inserting the detachable unit into the image forming apparatus main body;
An image forming apparatus having
Before SL detachable unit is provided with a grip portion for holding the detachable unit,
The grip portion is housed in the detachable unit when the detachable unit is attached to the image forming apparatus main body, and protrudes from the detachable unit when the detachable unit is detached from the image forming apparatus main body.
The detachable unit takes a first posture when the second unit moves with respect to the first unit and is detached from the image forming apparatus main body, and when the detachable unit is attached to the image forming apparatus main body. Take a second posture,
The attachment / detachment unit is moved in the middle of being inserted into the image forming apparatus main body by being guided by the guide member, and the attachment / detachment unit is moved in conjunction with the change from the protruded state to the accommodated state. An image forming apparatus that changes from a first posture to the second posture.

The second unit is integrally provided to be swingable with respect to the first unit about an axis perpendicular to a direction in which the detachable unit is inserted into the image forming apparatus main body. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1.

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first unit is a belt unit including an endless belt stretched by a plurality of stretch members.

The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second unit is a cleaning unit that includes a cleaning member that contacts the endless belt and cleans the toner of the endless belt.

The first unit and the second unit, the guide member or the image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that positioning in each said image forming apparatus main body is made by the body The image forming apparatus described in the item.

When said detachable unit is inserted into the image forming apparatus main body from the opening, according to claim 1 to claim 5 wherein said than the first unit the second unit is being inserted into previously the image forming apparatus according to any one of.

The second unit swings around the rotation center of the stretching member located on the innermost side in the direction in which the detachable unit is inserted among the plurality of stretching members of the first unit. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 .

An image carrier on which a toner image for transfer to a recording medium is formed;
The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the endless belt included in the first unit is an intermediate transfer belt that carries and conveys a toner image formed on the image carrier.

The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the endless belt of the first unit is a recording medium conveyance belt that carries and conveys a recording medium.