Electrophotography – Diagnostics – Component present or mounted
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-15
2007-05-15
Chen, Sophia S. (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Diagnostics
Component present or mounted
C399S113000, C399S121000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10896857
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus including a main body, a photoconductive unit disposed in the main body to develop an image, a transferring unit removably disposed in the main body in contact with the photoconductive unit to transfer the image from the photoconductive unit onto a recording medium, a locking/releasing unit to lock and unlock a mounting position of the transferring unit with respect to the photoconductive unit, and a checking unit to check whether the transferring unit is mounted by the locking/releasing unit. Accordingly, even if the user may inadvertently operate the image forming apparatus while not operating the locking/releasing unit so that the transferring unit and the photoconductive unit are not fixed to each other, the image forming apparatus notifies the user.
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Ahn Byeong-hwa
Lyu Se-hyun
Chen Sophia S.
Stanzione & Kim LLP
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