US 12,189,330 B2
Image forming apparatus including secondary transfer device positioner for maintainability
Hiroki Terauchi, Kanagawa (JP); and Takahiro Konishi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Hiroki Terauchi, Kanagawa (JP); and Takahiro Konishi, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/332,195.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-117913 (JP), filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0027941 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/168 (2013.01) [G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1642 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an intermediate transfer unit including an intermediate transferor to bear an image;
a secondary transfer unit including a secondary transfer member and a driving motor that drives the secondary transfer member, the secondary transfer member configured to transfer the image borne by the intermediate transferor to a medium; and
a positioner configured to position the secondary transfer unit with respect to the intermediate transfer unit,
the positioner including:
a first member disposed in the intermediate transfer unit; and
a second member attachable to and detachable from the secondary transfer unit, wherein
the driving motor is integrated with the second member, and
in a state where the second member is detached from the secondary transfer unit, the driving motor is detached from the secondary transfer unit together with the second member.