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Image forming apparatus

US5414493A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateAug 25, 1994
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/169
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a detachably mountable process cartridge, the process cartridge including an image bearing member and a color developing device actable on the image bearing member, the color developing device containing plural developing units having yellow developer, respectively; detachably mountable developing device actable on the image bearing member in the process cartridge, the detachably mountable developing device containing black developer and being detachably mountable independently of the process cartridge; and a device for forming a latent image on the image bearing member; a transfer device for transferring a developed image from the image bearing member to a recording material.

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