Patent ID: 8135308
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body frame including a sheet conveyance path to convey a sheet as a print object one by one; a unit that is mounted to a side surface of the main body frame to be capable of parallel movement in a lateral direction relative to the main body frame and can be pulled out from the main body frame from a mounted state by the parallel movement, and includes a transfer roller that comes into press contact with the sheet sent through the sheet conveyance path and transfers a toner image formed by an image forming section onto the sheet when the unit is in the mounted state; a holding mechanism that is provided on a side of the unit and holds the transfer roller to enable displacement between a transfer position to the sheet and a separated position separate from the transfer position; a transfer roller moving mechanism that causes the transfer roller held by the holding mechanism to be positioned at the separated position as a home position and can move the transfer roller to the transfer position; and an operation mechanism that is directly mounted on a side of the main body frame, and actuates the transfer roller moving mechanism to move the transfer roller from the separated position to the transfer position when the unit is in the mounted state.