Nexpress Solutions, Inc.

Eastman-kodak Company

Paul H Tam

Robert Michael Peffer

Donald Calvin Buch

Robert A Bovenzi

Jeffrey R Ulreich

James G Rydelek

Ernest E Brizzolara

Allison A Cooper

Allison S Cooper

A photoconductive drum assembly and an optical writer used in an electrophotographic printer/copier share the same mechanical fiducials for positioning these subsystems within the printer/copier frame or housing. Preferably, a pair of mounting pins used to position and support the drum assembly in a printer frame is also used to position the optical writer. As a result of this mounting scheme, a tolerance stacking problem is reduced and each subsystem can be removed from the printer housing without disturbing the position of the other. Further, the need for a mechanism to retract the optical writer from the vicinity of the drum surface to facilitate drum removal is eliminated, thereby lowering cost and increasing reliability.

Pin mount for optical writer/image-recording element in a document printer/copier

An electrophotographic printer/copier comprises a photoconductive drum assembly and an optical writer for projecting a rectilinear line of image information onto the drum's photoconductive surface. Both subsystems share the same pair of mechanical fiducials for precisely positioning these subsystems in the printer frame. According to the invention, the optical writer is movably mounted on the fiducials to adjust the skew of an image line projected onto the drum.

Skew adjustment for optical writer in a document printer/copier

Image forming apparatus includes a developing device for toning electrostatic images on an image member such as a photoconductive drum. The development device includes four developing units indexable through a single development position. Applicators for the developing units are fixed together and gimballed with respect to the image member. The applicator at the development position is accurately spaced from the image member by a pair of rollers that ride on rails fixed to the applicators.

Image forming apparatus having a positioning mechanism for multiple

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Paul H Tam