Color image forming apparatus having a transparent image forming body
US5708930A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0497
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus such as a copier or a printer for forming a color image. The image forming apparatus includes: a transparent photoreceptor drum for retaining a multi-color toner image in which the wall-thickness and an inner diameter of the drum are respectively between 2.5 mm and 8 mm and between 60 mm and 200 mm; plural chargers, provided on the periphery of the photoreceptor drum, for charging the drum surface; plural imagewise exposure systems, provided inside of the photoreceptor drum, for forming latent images on the drum surface; and plural developers, provided on the periphery of the photoreceptor drum, for developing the latent images with different color toners so as to form a superimposed multi-color toner image on the drum surface while the photoreceptor drum is being rotated one time.
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