Electrophotography – Having particular structure – Modular or displaceable
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-23
2009-12-29
Lee, Susan S (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Having particular structure
Modular or displaceable
Reexamination Certificate
active
07639968
ABSTRACT:
A process unit is described. The process unit may include a unit main body being detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus main body and including a first grasp portion, and a developer carrier for supplying a developing agent to an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and a toner box being detachably mountable to the unit main body and including a second grasp portion, and a developing agent accommodating section for accommodating the developing agent, wherein at least one of the first grasp portion and the second grasp portion can move toward a direction toward which a distance between the first grasp portion and the second grasp portion narrows.
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Banner & Witcoff Ltd
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Lee Susan S
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