Patent ID: 8548355
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A support member that is loadable into and unloadable from a main casing of an image-forming device, the support member supporting a rotary member having an axis, the support member comprising: a pair of side plates facing each other, one of the pair of side plates being configured to support one side of the rotary member, and another of the pair of the side plates being configured to support an other side of the rotary member so that the rotary member is rotatable about the axis, each of the pair of side plates having the same outer shape and comprising: a coupling member comprising two end portions, each of the two end portions being configured to pass through a corresponding one of the through holes of the pair of side plates; and an accommodating member for accommodating the side plates in a manner in which the side plates are movable in the accommodating member, the accommodating member comprising a pair of side wall portions configured to accommodate the pair of side plates therebetween, wherein: an insertion hole is formed in a front end portion of each of the pair of side wall portions, the pair of side plates are accommodated in the pair of side wall portions by inserting each of the two end portions of the coupling member through a corresponding one of the insertion holes of the pair of side wall portions, and the insertion hole in each side wall portion has a clearance relative to the two end portions of the coupling member such that the pair of side wall portions can separately move relative to the pair of side plates.