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Photoconductor unit and image forming system

US6501925B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 2002
Grant dateDec 31, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1603
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming system having multiple photoconductors arranged in a line and forming one body as one unit, multiple development devices and multiple exposure devices arranged on one side of the line of the multiple photoconductors, an intermediate transfer device arranged on the other side of the line of the multiple photoconductors and a form cassette arranged below the line of the multiple photoconductors. The image forming system further includes a transfer device and a fusing device arranged at an opposite side of the intermediate transfer device with respect to the line of the multiple photoconductors.

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