IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE BODY

• Main Authors: HIRATA MUNEKAZU, FUJII TOMOYA, ISHIDA MASATOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 02.09.2021
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To enable a user to confirm an image formed on a recording material without being disturbed by a capping member in the middle of image formation.SOLUTION: An image forming device is provided which forms an image on a recording material in such a manner that an image forming surface of an image forming unit is caused to face the recording material and is scanned. A capping member 10 capping the image forming surface is configured be movable to a capping position at which the capping member caps the image forming surface and to a retreating position at which the capping member retreats from the image forming surface, with respect to a device body 1 comprising the image forming unit, the retreating position is away from an area in which the image forming surface is extended in a scanning direction, when viewed from a normal direction of the image forming surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】画像形成途中において、キャッピング部材に妨げられることなく記録材上に形成された画像をユーザーが確認できるようにする。【解決手段】画像形成部の画像形成面を記録材に対面させて走査することにより該記録材に画像を形成する画像形成装置であって、前記画像形成面を覆うキャッピング部材１０が、前記画像形成部を備える装置本体１に対し、該画像形成面を覆うキャッピング位置と、該画像形成面から退避する退避位置とに移動可能に構成され、前記退避位置は、前記画像形成面の法線方向から見たとき、前記画像形成面を走査方向へ延長させた領域から外れた位置である。【選択図】図１