Patent ID: 9037043
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a drive source that generates a driving force; an image forming object on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed and that includes a cylindrical member and a rotatable shaft passing through the cylindrical member, the rotatable shaft comprising at least one flat portion at one end of a surface along a longitudinal axis of the rotatable shaft; a first member provided at the one end of the rotatable shaft to which the driving force is input; a second member configured to hold the image forming object, wherein the first member is configured to be disposed between the second member and the rotation shaft and the first member is configured to engage with the second member and the driving force input to the first member is transmitted to the image forming object via the second member; and an extracting member that is provided at another end of the rotatable shaft of the image forming object and extracts, from the rotatable shaft, the driving force to be transmitted to a driven member.