IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING MEMBER FOR EXPOSURE HEAD
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier;
an exposure head that is provided along a longitudinal direction of the image carrier, and exposes the image carrier;
a housing that holds the exposure head;
an opening portion that is formed in the housing, and that opens toward a position through which the image carrier and the exposure head face each other;
a receiving portion that is provided in the housing; and
a cleaning member having one end and a different end, and including;
a cleaning portion that is provided on a one end side where the one end is located, and that cleans a light-emitting face of the exposure head by moving while keeping in contact with the light-emitting face; and
a guiding portion that comes in contact with the receiving portion and guides the cleaning portion toward a space between the image carrier and the exposure head when the cleaning portion is inserted into an interior of the housing through the opening portion.
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; an exposure head provided along a longitudinal direction of the image carrier, and exposing the image carrier; a housing holding the exposure head; an opening portion formed in the housing, and opening toward a position through which the image carrier and the exposure head face each other; a receiving portion provided in the housing; and a cleaning member having one and different ends, and including: a cleaning portion provided on a one end side where the one end is located, and cleaning a light-emitting face of the exposure head by moving while keeping in contact with the light-emitting face; and a guiding portion coming in contact with the receiving portion and guiding the cleaning portion toward a space between the image carrier and the exposure head when the cleaning portion is inserted into an interior of the housing through the opening portion.
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8 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image carrier; an exposure head that is provided along a longitudinal direction of the image carrier, and exposes the image carrier; a housing that holds the exposure head; an opening portion that is formed in the housing, and that opens toward a position through which the image carrier and the exposure head face each other; a receiving portion that is provided in the housing; and a cleaning member having one end and a different end, and including;
a cleaning portion that is provided on a one end side where the one end is located, and that cleans a light-emitting face of the exposure head by moving while keeping in contact with the light-emitting face; and
a guiding portion that comes in contact with the receiving portion and guides the cleaning portion toward a space between the image carrier and the exposure head when the cleaning portion is inserted into an interior of the housing through the opening portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A cleaning member for an exposure head comprising:
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a base that has one end and a different end, and is inserted from a one end side where the one end is located, through an opening formed in a housing which holds an exposure head facing an image carrier, toward a space between the image carrier and the exposure head; a cleaning portion that is provided on the one end side of the base, and cleans a light-emitting face of the exposure head by moving while keeping in contact with the light-emitting face; and a guiding portion that is provided to the base, and that guides the cleaning portion toward the space between the image carrier and the exposure head when the base is inserted through the opening. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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Specification