Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1991-09-05
1992-06-23
Moses, R. L.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
355210, 355326, G03G 1500
Patent
active
051247470
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a color image forming apparatus provided with an image carrying unit including a rotatable photoreceptor, a developing unit including a plurality of developing devices, and a cleaning unit. The apparatus is formed with a lower casing and an upper casing. In the upper casing, the image carrying unit, the developing unit and the cleaning unit are accommodated, in which at least two kinds of the units are incorporated in a cartridge capable of being detachably installed in the upper casing. The upper casing is adapted pivotal between an open position and an operation position around an axis which is disposed parallel to the rotation axis of the photoreceptor. When the upper casing is pivotted to the open position, the developing unit is so disposed that a side of the developing unit facing the photoreceptor becomes higher than other side of the developing unit.
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Fukuchi Masakazu
Haneda Satoshi
Matsuo Shunji
Morita Shizuo
Shoji Hisashi
Bierman Jordan B.
Brase Sandra L.
Konica Corporation
Moses R. L.
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