IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING UNIT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the burden when a user operates a developing unit supporting member or an image-carrier unit supporting member.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 100 includes: a developing unit supporting member 50 which can be moved to the inside and outside of the image forming a...

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Hauptverfasser: MATSUNAGA TOMONORI, OGINO HIROMOTO
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Sprache:eng ; jpn
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the burden when a user operates a developing unit supporting member or an image-carrier unit supporting member.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 100 includes: a developing unit supporting member 50 which can be moved to the inside and outside of the image forming apparatus, while removably supporting a plurality of developing units 41 for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a corresponding image carrier 1; a plurality of exposure units 3 which are movably arranged in the developing unit supporting member 50 and exposes corresponding image carriers to form electrostatic latent images on the image carriers; and an exposure unit moving member 51 which moves the exposure unit 3 with respect to the developing unit supporting member 50 when the developing unit supporting member 41 is located inside the image forming apparatus 100, to be farther from the image carrier 1 than an image forming position. 【課題】 ユーザが現像ユニット支持部材または像担持体ユニット支持部材を操作する際の負荷を軽減すること。【解決手段】 画像形成装置100は、対応する像担持体1に形成された静電潜像を現像するための現像ユニット41を取り外し可能に複数支持した状態で、前記画像形成装置の内部と外部の間を移動可能な現像ユニット支持部材50と、それぞれ対応する像担持体を露光することで前記像担持体に静電潜像を形成する、前記現像ユニット支持部材50に移動可能に設けられた複数の露光ユニット3と、現像ユニット支持部材41が画像形成装置100の内部に位置する際に、露光ユニット3を現像ユニット支持部材50に対して移動させ、画像形成するための位置よりも像担持体1から離す露光ユニット作用部材51と、を備える。【選択図】 図3