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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1976
Yoshihiro Nakamura, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenji Shibazaki, Aichi, JP;
Tateomi Kono, Toyokawa, JP;
Syotaro Inagaki, Okazaki, JP;
Tomoji Murata, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Azuchi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is an electrophotographic copying apparatus which includes a group of switches disposed along the path of the copy paper. These switches are so arranged as to control the functions of corona charging, exposure and aligning the forward edge of the image formed on the photoreceptor with the leading edge of the copy paper, while the starting of the transfer device and the function of the copy paper separation device are controlled through a control cam which is driven by actuating signals produced by one of these switches. Since the developing and transfer functions are arranged to be suspended by a drum cam rotating as one unit with the photoreceptor drum, the possibility of copy paper jamming is decreased to a large extent through reduction of the number of switches employed, while undesirable developing and transfer at the slot portion or seam portion of the photoreceptor are advantageously eliminated.