CN101089743A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

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CN101089743A
CN101089743A CN 200710126468 CN200710126468A CN101089743A CN 101089743 A CN101089743 A CN 101089743A CN 200710126468 CN200710126468 CN 200710126468 CN 200710126468 A CN200710126468 A CN 200710126468A CN 101089743 A CN101089743 A CN 101089743A
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大久保泰秀
藤原宏
南野茂夫
木村一平
太田佳秀
山崎知善
高比良正史
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An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a first unit to be attached inside the apparatus main body, a rotatable part attached to the apparatus main body and rotatable between an open position for opening the apparatus main body and a closed position for closing the apparatus main body, and a second unit removably attached to the rotatable part. When the rotatable part is rotated from the closed position to the open position, the first unit is allowed to be attached to or removed from the apparatus main body by being moved horizontally. By removing the second unit from the rotatable part, the first unit is attached to or removed from the apparatus main body without coming into contact with the second unit.

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Image processing system
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of image processing system of multi-purpose machine that comprises printer, facsimile recorder, duplicating machine and have the function of two kinds of above-mentioned machines at least.
Background technology
<patent document 1〉the open text of Jap.P. 2004-205534 number.
In the development of image processing system, plant bulk dwindle a major issue.For the size of reduction means, component parts needs higher space efficiency to arrange and reduce the space of the surplus in the device.Patent document 1 has disclosed a kind of image processing system that comprises the outside plate of the apparatus main body that is designed to rotatable door, and the unit as delivery unit is installed on the inside surface of door.
The problem of the image processing system of this type is, when the replacing of the internal element of safeguarding or be arranged on device inside, the unit on the inside surface of door tends to hinder to be safeguarded or the replacing of internal element.
As one of approach of head it off, once the someone advised making the unit on the door to remove from door, with hinder at it safeguard and the Shi Congmen that more changes jobs on remove.Yet if the unit is made into and can installs easily and remove, the unit can be installed with lower position accuracy.Otherwise,, then can take the long time because of the use of instrument to install or pull down the unit if the unit is fixing with bolt etc. in order to pursue high accuracy.
Summary of the invention
Consider foregoing problems, the present invention aims to provide a kind of image processing system that can satisfy the demand of two kinds of mutual contradictions: be convenient to the unit attachment/detachment; And guarantee the accuracy of its position.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of image processing system that is provided comprises apparatus main body, be installed in the first module in the apparatus main body, be mounted to apparatus main body and can be at the open position that is used for the device for opening main body and be used for the rotatable portion of rotating between the off-position of stopping device main body, be mounted to Unit second of rotatable portion removedly.When rotatable when off-position rotates to open position, allow it to be mounted to or remove by moving horizontally first module in apparatus main body.By Unit second is pulled down from rotatable, first module can be mounted to or remove in apparatus main body and not contact with Unit second.
Preferentially rotatable portion comprises with can be on toward or away from the direction of rotatable portion movable and mode that can adjust is supporting the supporting member of the Unit second that is mounted to rotatable portion.
And preferentially rotatable portion is included in the biasing member that applies elastic force on the direction of leaving rotatable portion constantly to Unit second.
And preferentially Unit second comprises the location division that contacts with the predetermined portions of apparatus main body owing to the elastic force of biasing member.
And, preferentially when rotatable when open position rotates to off-position, the location division is biased the predetermined portions that member is squeezed to apparatus main body, so that Unit second is positioned.
And, preferentially supporting member comprises the joint binding site that can engage in the lock section that is used to engage Unit second and is used to discharge the lock pawl that moves slidably between the disengaging configuration of joint, thereby the lock pawl has and makes in the engaging process of Unit second contact with the lock section and cause that the lock pawl is from the tapered portion of bonding station to the disengaging configuration slip.
And, preferentially lock the extruding that pawl is subjected to making the power that the lock pawl moves to bonding station constantly, make in the additional process of Unit second and to move when crossing tapered portion when the lock section, lock pawl and be back to bonding station.
And preferentially Unit second comprises the alignment rolls that is used for the alignment paper.
And, preferentially a handle respectively is set at vertical two ends of Unit second, operate this handle and Unit second can be pulled down from rotatable.
And, preferentially make first module be mounted to or remove and do not contact with the alignment rolls of Unit second in apparatus main body by Unit second is pulled down from rotatable.
And preferentially Unit second is to comprise the delivery unit of a pair of alignment rolls and conveying member and will be sent to image transfer section from the paper of paper feeding portion feed-in.
And preferentially the paper feeding portion comprises and is used to transmit the transfer roller of paper and the separating member that coherent paper is separated, and the paper holding force of a pair of alignment rolls is greater than the paper holding force between transfer roller and the separating member.
And preferentially fixation unit comprises a pair of fixing roller that is arranged on the downstream that is positioned at a pair of alignment rolls on the paper conveyance direction, and the paper holding force of fixing roller is greater than the paper holding force of alignment rolls.
And preferentially first module comprises an intermediate transfer belt at least.
According to embodiments of the invention, because Unit second can be pulled down from rotatable, the maintenance of the parts in the apparatus main body can easily be carried out.And, because the direction that the unit of removing is moved and installation/and to remove direction be identical, maintenance work is easily.
Embodiments of the invention make to remove Unit second easily and with higher positional accuracy Unit second is installed becomes possibility.If Unit second comprises delivery unit, paperboard can be solved easily.
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Fig. 1 is the sectional view that schematically illustrates according to the image processing system of one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 2 is the protecgulum that schematically illustrates the image processing system among Fig. 1 sectional view when opening;
Fig. 3 is the sectional view when schematically illustrating image processing system among Fig. 1 protecgulum being opened in order to remove delivery unit;
Fig. 4 is the explanation delivery unit skeleton view of the image processing system from Fig. 1 with protecgulum that it is pulled down;
Fig. 5 is the skeleton view that explanation is mounted to delivery unit the first step in the program of protecgulum;
Fig. 6 is the skeleton view that explanation is mounted to delivery unit second step in the program of protecgulum;
Fig. 7 is the skeleton view that the explanation delivery unit has been mounted to protecgulum;
Fig. 8 is the enlarged perspective that explanation is used for the part of the delivery unit that engages with protecgulum; And
Fig. 9 is the sectional view that schematically illustrates according to the image processing system of an alternative embodiment of the invention;
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The hereinafter with reference accompanying drawing is introduced the preferred embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the sectional view that schematically illustrates according to the image processing system of one embodiment of the present of invention.
With reference to figure 1, image processing system in the present embodiment is that the tandem coloured image forms device, the imaging portion 2 that comprises the center that is positioned at apparatus main body 1 is used for feed-in forms images paper thereon in imaging portion 2 paper feeding portion 20 below imaging portion 2.
Imaging portion 2 comprises that toner image is formed thereon with different colours as drum type photoreceptor 3a, 3b, 3c and the 3d (also being referenced as photoreceptor 3 hereinafter) that take the picture body.In example, yellow toner image, carmetta toner image, cyan toner image and black toner image are respectively formed on the surface of photoreceptor 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d.Photoreceptor 3a to 3d is arranged in parallel with each other with predetermined spacing.Intermediate transfer belt 4 as first module is arranged on photoreceptor 3a to 3d below to face with it.In example, intermediate transfer belt 4 is the endless belt, is looped around on backing roll 5 and 6 and along direction shown in the arrow among Fig. 1 to rotate.
Near photoreceptor 3, be provided with charhing unit 7 into the surface charging of photoreceptor 3, according to the light scanning unit (LSU) 8 of image information to the surface-emitting laser bundle of photoreceptor 3, make the developing cell 9 that is formed on photoreceptor 3 lip-deep electrostatic latent image video pictures, by the transfer printing unit 10 that intermediate transfer belt 4 and photoreceptor 3 are faced, be used for cleaning unit 11 when transfer printing toner image back removing and collection photoreceptor 3 lip-deep residual toners to the intermediate transfer belt 4.
When image processing system began imaging processing, photoreceptor 3 turned clockwise as shown in Figure 1, and the surface charging of the electrode pair photoreceptor 3 that charhing unit 7 usefulness are scheduled to.Then, light scanning unit 8 according to image information to the surface irradiation laser beam that is recharged, thereby on the surface of photoreceptor 3, form electrostatic latent image.The electrostatic latent images that form are gone up on photoreceptor 3 surface, and to be developed unit 9 video pictures be toner image, and toner image is transferred unit 10 and is transferred on the intermediate transfer belt 4.
For forming coloured image, each photoreceptor 3 all will carry out above-mentioned imaging operation.Be respectively formed at yellow toner image on photoreceptor 3a, 3b, 3c and the 3d, carmetta toner image, cyan toner image, and black toner image be transferred in turn on the intermediate transfer belt 4.In this image processing system, secondary transfer roll 12 is faced with backing roll 6 and is placed, and intermediate transfer belt 4 is clipped in therebetween.
The paper feeding portion 20 that is positioned at imaging portion 2 belows is provided with conduct stack paper S within it, comprise transmission paper, the paper feed-in dish 21 of the paper container of resin film etc., supply is stacked on the paper feed-in roller 22 of the paper S in the paper feed-in dish 21, be used for friction pad 23, and be used for the loopback channel 24 of double-face imaging as separating member with the coherent paper separation of paper S.Notice that torque limited type reverse roll can be used as separating member.
Transmit up to the leading edge of paper S 13 to alignment rolls from the paper S of paper feeding portion 20 feed-ins and to contact to 13 with unsettled alignment rolls, paper S is aligned by it.After this, alignment rolls is rotated paper S upwards is sent to secondary transfer printing portion again to 13, wherein is provided with secondary transfer roll 12, the moment of transmission make paper S in secondary transfer printing portion with intermediate transfer belt 4 on the color toner image alignment that forms.
After toner image was transferred on the paper S in secondary transfer printing portion, paper S is transferred into had the fixation unit 14 of fixing roller to 14a.When fixation unit 14 with the toner image photographic fixing after on the paper S, paper S is ejected on the heap cardboard 16 to the top of apparatus main body 1.Staying the lip-deep toner of intermediate transfer belt 4 after the toner image transfer printing is with clearer 15 to remove.
Image processing system is provided with the operating portion (not shown) that comprises guidance panel etc. in the upper right parts of being looked from Fig. 1.That is, the front side of image processing system is shown in the right side among Fig. 1.The preceding outside plate of apparatus main body 1, promptly protecgulum 30 is as can be around the rotatable portion that the strong point 31 rotates between off-position shown in Figure 1 and open position shown in Figure 2.A unit that comprises a plurality of component parts is mounted to protecgulum 30.In this embodiment, this element is to comprise that alignment rolls is to 13 and be used for the paper S from 20 feed-ins of paper feeding portion is sent to the delivery unit 40 (Unit second) of secondary transfer printing portion.This delivery unit 40 is positioned at guide plate 25 (not shown) of loopback channel 24 1 ends etc. except that alignment rolls also comprises secondary transfer roll 12 to 13.
In the maintenance of the intermediate transfer belt 4 of the image processing system with said structure and when changing, protecgulum 30 is opened.Then, because intermediate transfer belt 4 is that length on the depth direction is bigger at fore-and-aft direction, intermediate transfer belt 4 just can split out by sliding along the horizontal direction shown in the arrow A among Fig. 2 at least.Yet if by sliding delivery unit 40 pulling off device main bodys 1 along direction shown in the arrow A among Fig. 2, intermediate transfer belt 4 can contact 13 with alignment rolls as shown in Figure 3.This contact can damage intermediate transfer belt 4, thereby causes image fault.Sometimes, this contact can damage alignment rolls to 13, causes as paper S damage and corresponding to the problems such as distortion of alignment rolls to the image section of 13 broken parts.
In an embodiment of the present invention, for avoiding these problems, the delivery unit 40 that disturbs mutually with dismounting intermediate transfer belt 4 is mounted to protecgulum 30 in detachable mode.Safeguard or delivery unit 40 can be pulled down to prevent that intermediate transfer belt 4 from contacting 13 with alignment rolls from protecgulum 30 when changing intermediate transfer belt 4.
Although it is preferable that delivery unit 40 can be pulled down from protecgulum 30 easily, yet, if delivery unit 40 is reinstalled with lower position accuracy, may take place as transmission problems such as paperboard or deflections.Therefore, need carry out balance to operability and position accuracy.
For addressing this need, in an embodiment of the present invention, following structures is used to be convenient for changing and removes delivery unit 40 and guarantee its position accuracy.
Fig. 4 is the skeleton view of the image processing system pulled down from protecgulum 30 of explanation delivery unit 40.Fig. 5 to 7 is skeleton views that explanation is mounted to delivery unit 40 program of protecgulum 30.
Referring to Fig. 4, the strong point 31 of protecgulum 30 is positioned at front side (see figure 1) down.When removing by the joint that uses the operating portion (not shown) will lock pawl 37, the top of protecgulum 30 is lowered to open position forward, so that the paper path between paper feeding portion 20 and the fixation unit 14 exposes fully.When delivery unit 40 when the protecgulum of opening 30 is pulled down, as shown in Figure 4, the loopback channel 24 that is used for duplex printing is exposed, thus the guided plate 26 that is positioned at loopback channel 24 other ends appears.Because delivery unit 40 is pulled down from protecgulum 30, therefore by they being pulled down easily along arrow A (see figure 2) direction slip intermediate transfer belt 4 and useless toner cartridge 17.
Delivery unit 40 is included in its belt handle 41 of the certain width on each end longitudinally.Referring to Fig. 8, delivery unit 40 also is included in the insertion teat 42 of its each end, is used for fixing the joint fastener 43 of delivery unit 40, and one is used to accept biasing member (hereinafter introducing) at the elongated receiver sheet 44 of removing the thrust that makes progress that applies when engaging.On the other hand, protecgulum 30 all comprises the dihedral recess 32 that is used to make teat 42 insertions at each end, be used for engaging the locking component of delivery unit 40, and on the direction of leaving protecgulum 30, apply the biasing member of elastic force constantly to delivery unit 40 by joint fastener 43.
Handle 41 is positioned at a relative end on the top of delivery unit 40, thereby when protecgulum 30 was positioned at open position, handle 41 can be in sight at an easy rate.And, each handle 41 from upside towards downside to front curve so that allow the user that its thumb is placed the last front surface of handle, other finger places down the rear surface, thereby can catch handle 41 easily.This architecture advances the operability of delivery unit 40.
When protecgulum 30 is positioned at open position, teat 42 be arranged in delivery unit 40 following front side (the following left side of Fig. 8) vertically on the opposite end.Teat 42 forms the similar elongated board that bends to U-shaped.Each dihedral recess 32 that is used to insert corresponding teat 42 has the shape of rectangle on xsect.Teat 42 fits into dihedral recess 32 backs does not have the space fully on Width, but becomes flexible in vertical direction.Therefore, the delivery unit 40 that teat 42 inserts dihedral recess 32 can't move on side direction, but can be with certain angle around teat 42 rotations.
The locking component of protecgulum 30 comprises the lock pawl 33 that joint fastener 43 is engaged.The installation of lock pawl 33 can be in Fig. 5 slidably and by the power of spring (not shown) be pushed to engage with joint fastener 43 it on the direction of arrow B and C on the B direction.Lock pawl 33 is maintained on the bonding station usually.Lock pawl 33 comprises tapered portion 33a at an upper portion thereof, discharges the spring force slip that lock pawl 33 engages thereby lock to overcome in the direction of arrow C when pawl 33 promotes at the edge that is engaged sheet 43.Release lever 34 (see figure 6)s are connected to lock pawl 33.By using release lever 34 to move lock pawl 33 in the direction of arrow C, lock pawl 33 is thrown off from joint fastener 43, engages to be released thus.
The biasing member that applies elastic force to delivery unit 40 on the direction of leaving protecgulum 30 comprises lift block 36.The structure of lift block 36 make its can be under the guiding of Storage Box 35 vertical moving and have the top that is angular cross section.Lift block 36 be subjected to constantly by promote that the spring (not shown) applies along the elastic force on the direction of upwards promptly leaving protecgulum 30 among Fig. 5, thereby give prominence to from the top of Storage Box 35 on the summit on dihedral top.
When the intermediate transfer belt 4 of image processing system with said structure being safeguarded or change, protecgulum 30 is opened as shown in Figure 2, then by flatly sliding and intermediate transfer belt 4 can being pulled down.Yet, can stop dismounting owing to be mounted to the delivery unit 40 of protecgulum 30, therefore delivery unit 40 need be pulled down from protecgulum 30.
For delivery unit 40 is pulled down from the protecgulum of opening 30, release lever 34 moves in the direction of arrow C, so that lock pawl 33 also moves in the direction of arrow C and throws off from joint fastener 43.Then, the user draws delivery unit 40 so that teat 42 is pulled out dihedral recess 32 forward with handle 41, delivery unit 40 can be pulled down from protecgulum 30 easily thus.
According to present embodiment, only need spur release lever 34 simply, then delivery unit 40 is just drawn forward and delivery unit 40 can be pulled down from protecgulum 30 with handle 41.And, the combination operation of pulling delivery unit 40 when present embodiment has been eliminated such as pulling release lever 34.In case delivery unit 40 is removed, just can be and it is split out from apparatus main body 1 by mobile intermediate transfer belt 4 flatly.
When the delivery unit 40 pulled down was mounted to protecgulum 30, delivery unit 40 need be installed with the higher position accuracy with respect to the intermediate transfer belt in the apparatus main body 14, be used to drive alignment rolls to 13 gear, and transfer roller was in around it.In the present embodiment, as mentioned below, by location at first roughly and with the delivery unit 40 pulled down with respect to the simple operations that protecgulum 30 engages, the delivery unit of pulling down 40 can be reinstalled with the higher position accuracy with respect to apparatus main body 1.
More specifically, the user with the hands holds two handles 41 of delivery unit 40 at first as shown in Figure 5, and the teat 42 that will be positioned at delivery unit 40 relative ends is inserted into the dihedral recess 32 of protecgulum 30.After this inserted operation, the user was being pressed protecgulum 30 to the rear end of delivery unit 40, thereby each joint fastener 43 of delivery unit 40 rear ends contacts with the tapered portion 33a of lock pawl 33.As a result, the effect that overcomes spring of lock pawl 33 is moved in the direction of arrow C.Cross lock during pawl 33 when joint fastener 43 moves, as shown in Figure 7, because the effect of spring force, lock pawl 33 moves in the direction of arrow B and engages with joint fastener 43.
Under this state, delivery unit 40 is not located exactly with respect to protecgulum 30, and is fixed in the mode of adjusting with removable.More specifically, the delivery unit 40 that engages with protecgulum 30 by locking component is fixed, and can be along moving toward or away from the direction of protecgulum 30.And the elastic force that the delivery unit 40 that engages with protecgulum 30 is biased member is along the direction of leaving protecgulum 30 bias voltage constantly.
The protecgulum 30 that delivery unit 40 is arranged when joint is when open position rotates to off-position, the teat 45 that is provided with as the location division on the delivery unit 40 nestles up the predetermined fixing position (not shown) on the main body frame of apparatus main body 1, thereby delivery unit 40 is located exactly with respect to apparatus main body 1.
According to this embodiment of the invention, can the teat 42 of front side be inserted the simple operations of the rear side that also pushes delivery unit 40 in the dihedral recess 32 downwards and delivery unit 40 is mounted to protecgulum 30 by using handle 41.Then, by protecgulum 30 is rotated to off-position from open position, delivery unit 40 is located exactly with respect to apparatus main body 1.
As mentioned above, delivery unit 40 need be located 13 gear and transfer roller on every side exactly with respect to intermediate transfer belt 4, driving alignment rolls.These parts are fixed on the main body frame of apparatus main body 1.Therefore, when protecgulum 30 rotated to off-position, delivery unit 40 need be located exactly with respect to the main body frame of apparatus main body 1.If immovably be fixed to protecgulum 30 when delivery unit 40 engages with protecgulum 30, because the position of delivery unit 40 can not be adjusted, delivery unit 40 is placed with the relatively poor position accuracy with respect to apparatus main body 1.
According to present embodiment, when engaging with protecgulum 30, delivery unit 40 is fixed to protecgulum 30 loosely to allow the position adjustment.When protecgulum 30 rotated to off-position, because the elastic force of biasing member, the teat 45 of delivery unit 40 nestled up the preposition on the main body frame, thereby delivery unit 40 is located exactly with respect to apparatus main body 1.
If delivery unit 40 can with respect to protecgulum 30 one removable in a big way, when protecgulum 30 rotated to off-position, delivery unit 40 may be run into the peripheral part of apparatus main body 1.As a result, protecgulum 30 can't be placed to off-position, or delivery unit 40 can be damaged.Consider these problems, according to present embodiment, delivery unit 40 is fixed on the protecgulum 30 loosely by supporting member.
Delivery unit 40 in the present embodiment comprises that the secondary transfer roll 12, alignment rolls that are used for image is transferred to the parts of formula as a whole on the paper S are to 13 and transmission guide pieces around it.This architecture advances the cleaning paperboard efficient.More specifically, because can expose the transfer printing gap by opening protecgulum 30, the paper that blocks can be easy in sight and be cleared up.And alignment rolls is arranged in the delivery unit 40 13 modes of pushing mutually with two rollers.Use this structure, owing to the paperboards in the delivery unit 40 are stayed on the protecgulum 30 of delivery unit 40, rather than fall in the device, so paperboard is easy to be cleared up.And because transmission guide piece and delivery unit 40 around it form as one, the visuality and the cleaning efficiency of paperboard further are improved.With secondary transfer roll 12, alignment rolls to 13, and transmit guide piece as being wholely set the transmission guide piece that can be configured to exactly guide from the paper of registration process, improved the accuracy of paper transmission thus.Paper is supposed to transmit accurately, particularly in transfer printing portion, because image is transferred on the paper in transfer printing portion.Therefore, so that position relation layout roller and guide piece are important factors to image processing system accurately.
Alignment rolls to 13 by the drive force of main body driving force transfer member institute transfer printing.When the protecgulum 30 that can rotate between with respect to the off-position of apparatus main body 1 and open position was shown in an open position, driving force stopped 13 transfer printing to alignment rolls, so paperboard can be cleared up easily.Paper is remained on power between paper feed-in roller 22 and the friction pad 23 less than paper being remained on alignment rolls to the power between 13.Use this structure, when protecgulum 30 is opened, be stuck in paper feed-in roller 22, friction pad 23 and alignment rolls the paper between 13 is retained in the delivery unit 40, therefore be easy to be cleared up.With paper remain on fixing roller to the power between the 14a less than paper being remained on alignment rolls to the power between 13.Use this structure,, be stuck in fixing roller 14a and alignment rolls are discharged between 13 from alignment rolls the paper between 13, therefore be easy to be cleared up when when opening protecgulum 30 delivery unit 40 is exposed.
The present invention is applicable to the image processing system shown in Fig. 9, and its structure makes that when the protecgulum 30 as rotary part is shown in an open position not only part but also the ejection roller 18 before the fixation unit 14 all can be exposed.That is, suitable its protecgulum 30 of the present invention has the image processing system that fully extends to the height of highest point from the lowest part of apparatus main body 1.Yet even the structure of this image processing system also can be when being shown in an open position as protecgulum 30, fixation unit 14 is not exposed yet.
Japanese priority application text 2007-102551 number that the application's book on April 10th, 2006-162350 number 1 was submitted to based on the Japanese priority application text of submitting on June 12nd, 2006 and the Japanese priority application text of submitting on April 24th, 2007 2007-114172 number, Jap.P. office, its full content merges reference at this.

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1. image processing system comprises:
Apparatus main body;
First module, described first module are installed in the described apparatus main body;
Rotatable portion, described rotatable portion is mounted to described apparatus main body, and can rotate between open position and off-position, and described open position is used to open described apparatus main body, and described off-position is used to close described apparatus main body;
Unit second, described Unit second is mounted to described rotatable portion in removable mode;
It is characterized in that, when described rotatable when off-position rotates to open position, by moving horizontally described first module, allow described first module to be mounted to described apparatus main body or be removed from described apparatus main body; And
By described Unit second is removed from described rotatable, described first module can be mounted to described apparatus main body or be removed and can not contact with described Unit second from described apparatus main body.
2. image processing system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described rotatable portion comprises supporting member, with towards with away from the direction of described rotating part on the mode adjusted movably, described support member support is installed to described Unit second of described rotatable portion.
3. image processing system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described rotatable portion comprises biasing member, and described biasing member applies elastic force to described Unit second on away from the direction of described rotatable portion.
4. image processing system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described Unit second comprises the location division, and described location division begins to contact with the predetermined portions of described apparatus main body owing to the elastic force of described biasing member.
5. image processing system as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, when described rotatable when open position rotates to off-position, described location division is pressed against the predetermined portions of described apparatus main body by described biasing member, so that described Unit second is positioned.
6. image processing system as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, described supporting member comprises the lock pawl, described lock pawl moves between bonding station and disengaging configuration slidably, and described bonding station is used to engage the lock section of described Unit second, and described disengaging configuration is used to discharge described joint, the lock pawl has tapered portion, in the described second unit installation process, described tapered portion contacts with described lock section, thereby causes that the slip of described lock pawl from the bonding station to the disengaging configuration move.
7. image processing system as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, described lock pawl is subjected to making the biasing constantly of the power that described lock pawl moves to bonding station, thereby in the installation process of described Unit second, move when crossing described tapered portion when described lock section, described lock pawl is back to bonding station.
8. image processing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described Unit second comprises the alignment rolls that is used for the paper registration.
9. image processing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, on each vertical end of described Unit second handle is set, and described handle is operated to described Unit second is removed from described rotatable.
10. image processing system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, by described Unit second is removed from described rotatable, described first module is mounted to described apparatus main body or removes and can not contact with the alignment rolls of described Unit second from apparatus main body.
11. image processing system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described Unit second is a delivery unit, and described delivery unit comprises a pair of alignment rolls and transfer member, and described delivery unit will be sent to the image transfer section branch from the paper of paper feed-in part feed-in.
12. image processing system as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, described paper feeding portion branch comprises transfer roller and the separating member that is used to transmit paper, described separating member separates paper together adhered to one another, and the paper holding force of wherein said a pair of alignment rolls is greater than the paper holding force between described transfer roller and the described separating member.
13. image processing system as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, comprise that the fixation unit of a pair of fixing roller is set at the downstream of the described a pair of alignment rolls on the paper conveyance direction, the paper holding force of wherein said a pair of fixing roller is greater than the paper holding force of described a pair of alignment rolls.
14. image processing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described first module comprises intermediate transfer belt at least.
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