Color electrophotographic image forming apparatus
US8355650B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1869
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein a plurality of cartridges is detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus, includes a cartridge supporting member movable between an inside position which is inside the main assembly and an outside position which is outside the main assembly, supporting the cartridges, wherein the cartridges are mounted to and dismounted from the cartridge supporting member placed in the outside position; an opening which is provided in the main assembly and through which the cartridge supporting member is passed when the cartridge supporting member moves between the inside position and the outside position; a receiving member for receiving developed images from photosensitive members provided on the cartridge supporting member in the state that cartridge supporting member is placed in the inside position, the receiving member is rotatable along below the photosensitive members; a transfer member for transferring the developed images transferred on the receiving member onto a recording material at a transfer position; a fixing member for fixing the developed images transferred onto the recording material on the recording mater…
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