Patent ID: 8770717

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a carriage movably supported to move reciprocally in a main scanning direction; an image forming unit mounted on the carriage to form an image; a driving pulley disposed at a first end in the main scanning direction; a driven pulley disposed at a second end opposite the first end in the main scanning direction; a driving source operatively connected to the driving pulley to rotate the driving pulley; an open-ended carriage drawing member extended between the driving pulley and the driven pulley and having end portions mounted to the carriage, each of the end portions having a surface at least partially including an indented area; and a mount disposed on the carriage to mount the end portions of the drawing member and having first engagement portions and second engagement portions, wherein each of the first engagement portions has at least one indented area to engage the indented area of a corresponding one of the end portions of the drawing member, each of the second engagement portions is connected to a corresponding one of the first engagement portions in an orientation to be folded back relative to the corresponding first engagement portion, the end portions of the drawing member are mounted to the mount of the carriage in a state in which the surface of each of the end portions having the indented area to engage a corresponding one of the first engagement portions is directed to a fold-back portion of each of the end portions folded back along a corresponding one of the second engagement portions relative to the corresponding one of the first engagement portions, wherein each second engagement portion amongst the second engagement portions which is connected to a corresponding first engagement portion amongst the first engagement portions forms an acute angle with the corresponding first engagement portion.