Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.

Osamu Nishino

Toshitaka Ogawa

Shinichi Nishino

Yasuyuki Tsuji

Masato Miwa

Kazuyuki Kubo

Masami Takeshita

Takao Chikuzenya

Kimio Nakamura

Rikio Ohtani

Eita Sakaba

A cleaning device for a fixing unit includes a winding shaft for holding a cleaning web and a sensor for detecting a trailing end of a cleaning web. A notched portion is formed in a winding shaft at a position opposing a detecting position of said sensor.

Cleaning device for a fixing unit

A film photoconductor holding mechanism includes a substantially-cylindrical support having an opening which is shaped so as to have a notch at a part of a circumferential portion of the support in a longitudinal direction thereof. A bar-like photoconductor cap which is operative to engage with the opening of the support is provided. A film assembly is provided and has a peripheral length larger than an outer peripheral length of the support and is installed into the support in a state where the bar-like photoconductor cap is opened and is held in the support by the bar-like photoconductor cap. A guide bar and elastic member is disposed on the film assembly for guiding and tensioning the installation of the film assembly in the support, and a guide groove is defined in the bar-like photoconductor cap and is operative to be engaged with the guide bar.

Film photoconductor holding mechanism

An image forming apparatus includes a base machine; and a mounting device for interchangeably mounting any one of a plurality of different types of photoreceptor units to the base machine. The mounting device includes a print section module detachably mounted on the base machine, with the plural types of photoreceptor units being removably set to the print section module via an interface. The different types of photoreceptor units are different in a mounting structure for mounting a photoconductive layer on base.

Mounting device for interchangeably mounting different types of

Line printer for a computer

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Ibaraki, Japan

Osamu Nishino