Star Micronics Company Limited

Katsuya Shiba

Susumu Shoji

Yasunori Tsukuda

Masanari Nakamura

Hisanobu Inada

Katsuhiko Gotoda

To attach or detach a process cartridge to or from a support member of an LED printer, an upper housing is angularly displaced and opened around a supporting position relative to a lower housing. As the upper housing is gradually opening relatively to the lower housing, the support member is angularly displaced around a connection position with the lower housing to be separated from the upper housing. Then, a used process cartridge can be detached from the support member and another new process cartridge can be attached thereto, thereby allowing such maintenance operation to be easily performed.

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Kobe, Japan

Katsuya Shiba