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Photoreceptor sheet and imaging system utilizing same

US5508790A · kind A · utility

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33Claims
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Filing dateSep 7, 1994
Grant dateApr 16, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/752
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging apparatus incorporating a substantially rectangular organic photoreceptor sheet having a base layer, a conductive layer and a photoconductive layer, wherein along one edge of the photoreceptor sheet there is an exposed conductive area, a drum having a longitudinal cavity formed therein and including a slot formed between the cavity and the cylindrical surface of the drum into which the one edge of the photoreceptor sheet is inserted and a rotatable element within the cavity which, in a locking position, presses the photoreceptor sheet against a wall of the cavity, fixedly and removably holding the photoreceptor sheet in place.

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