US 12,306,556 B2
Image forming apparatus
Ayumu Iwanaga, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,434.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-181461 (JP), filed on Nov. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0160126 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0886 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a moving member configured to carry a toner image and move;
a sensor configured to detect the toner image carried on a surface of the moving member;
a shutter movably supported between the sensor and the surface of the moving member, and movable to an opening position where the sensor is exposed to the surface of the moving member and a closing position where the sensor is covered to the surface of the moving member;
a driving source configured to generate a driving force to cause the shutter to move between the opening position and the closing position;
a shutter mounting portion to which the shutter is removably attached, the shutter mounting portion being constructed for movement integrally with movement of the shutter when the shutter moves between the opening position and the closing position; and
an urging member configured to urge the shutter mounting portion.