Patent ID: 9207626
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body; a plurality of image forming units arranged in parallel with each other at intervals in a first direction toward a first side from a second side of the image forming apparatus, each image forming unit comprising: a frame body configured to support the plurality of image forming units, and movable along the first direction relative to the apparatus main body; and a regulating member being a flexible member, the regulating member being disposed between a first-side image forming unit and a first-side end portion of the frame body in the first direction, the first-side image forming unit being closest to the first side in the first direction among the plurality of image forming units, the regulating member having a first-side end portion and a second-side end portion in the first direction, the first-side end portion of the regulating member being fixed to a first one of the first-side image forming unit and the first-side end portion of the frame body, the second-side end portion of the regulating member being configured to contact a second one of the first-side image forming unit and the first-side end portion of the frame body, the regulating member being configured to urge the first-side image forming unit.