Patent ID: 7363826

Claim:
A rotating member-supporting structure comprising: a rotating member; a cylindrical guide unit rotatably supporting the rotating member; a metallic elastic member, which is attached to the guide unit so as not to rotate; and elastic member-holding units which are provided in at least three places of the cylindrical guide unit along a circumference to hold the metallic elastic member so as not to rotate, wherein at least three portions along a circumference of the metallic elastic member are extended into a clearance between the rotating member and the guide unit so as to rotatably and elastically support the rotating member, wherein the metallic elastic member is a band-like metallic piece formed to have a ring shape, and wherein an end of the metallic elastic member is inserted into one of at least three elastic member-holding units and the intermediate portions of the metallic elastic member are inserted into the other elastic member-holding units.