Patent ID: 8305419
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image carrier; an exposure section, including in a unit: a hinge section to support the exposure section so that a distance between the exposure section and image carrier is altered during opening or shuttering of the image forming apparatus; a cleaning section, having a cleaning member, to make the cleaning member to come into contact with the light emitting surface, and to move the cleaning member on the light emitting surface, so that the cleaning member removes dust particles accumulated on the light emitting surface, wherein the cleaning section makes the cleaning member to move to an outside of an end portion of the light emitting surface; and a dust receiving section, mounted under the outside of the end portion of the light emitting surface, to receive the dust particles removed from the light emitting surface by the cleaning section, wherein the dust receiving section includes an opening section facing the light emitting surface of the exposure section, and plural dust receiving pocket sections to receive the dust particles removed by the cleaning member, wherein the plural dust receiving pocket sections are positioned above outsides of both ends of the image carrier in an axial direction of the image carrier.