Image forming apparatus with removable process unit which separates the conveying rollers
US5095334A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/183
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a record paper comprises a main body made of a pair of outer casings which can be separated from each other so as to open the interior of the main body. A photosensitive body unit includes a supporting case which is adapted to be detachably loaded in one of the casings of the body. A photosensitive body is provided on the supporting case of the photosensitive body unit and is adapted to move through electrifying, image-exposing, developing, image-transferring, and cleaning portions so as to form thereon an image which is to be transferred to a record paper. A pair of conveying rollers and provided for feeding the record paper to the photosensitive body between the developing and image-transferring portions. At least one of the conveying rollers is supported to the supporting case of the photosensitive body unit.
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