Patent ID: 8903271
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a housing provided with an inner space; a photosensitive drum provided with a rotating shaft, and a circumferential surface to be driven and rotated around an axis of the rotating shaft for carrying an image on the circumferential surface; a drum unit that is inserted in the inner space of the housing along the axis direction of the rotating shaft in a state that the photosensitive drum is integrally supported to be mounted in the inner space; a rail member extending along the axis direction in the inner space for guiding the drum unit in the axis direction when the drum unit is mounted; and a static eliminator fixedly mounted to the rail member, and disposed to face the photosensitive drum in the drum unit mounted in the inner space for irradiating the circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum with static eliminating light, wherein in a sectional view perpendicular to the axis direction, the drum unit is provided with a first guided portion projecting in a first direction, and a second guided portion projecting in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, the rail member is provided with a first guide portion disposed to face the first guided portion, and a second guide portion disposed to face the second guided portion, the static eliminator is fixedly mounted to the first guide portion or the second guide portion, and the drum unit is inserted in the inner space, with engagement between the first guided portion and the first guide portion, and between the second guided portion and the second guide portion.