Patent · US Expired

Process kit and an image forming apparatus using the same

US4551000A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 22, 1982
Grant dateNov 5, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/183
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process kit containing consumable members is detachably mountable in the main body of an operating device and includes apparatus for indicating when the useful life of the process kit is about to expire and when it has expired.

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