Patent ID: 8095057

Claim:
A transferring unit of an image forming apparatus comprising: a contacted member; a rotating body that is alternately contacted with and spaced away from the contacted member; in a single body, a first and a second rotating body transporting members where a supporting part to rotatably support the rotating body, a contacting external force receiving part to receive a contacting external force that contacts the rotating body with the contacted member, and a spacing external force receiving part to receive a spacing external force that spaces the rotating body away from the contacted member are formed, the first and the second rotating body transporting members supporting opposite end portions of a rotating shaft of the rotating body, respectively; a driver that drives the first rotating body transporting member; and a position regulating shaft that is inserted into the first and second rotating body transporting members and is rotatable on a position regulating axis parallel with the rotating shaft of the rotating body, the first rotating body transporting member contacting the position regulating shaft to rotate the position regulating shaft after the first rotating body transporting member is rotated by the driver by a predetermined angle, and then the second rotating body transporting member being interlockingly rotated by the position regulating shaft.