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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 355 / ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic copying machine of the type in which the copying machine is separated into two sections including a photoreceptor, a developing device, a supporting device for rotatably supporting the developing device so that the developing device is rotated as automatically being separated from the photoreceptor according to the self-weight of the developing device when the copying machine is separated into the two sections. Either the developing device or the photoreceptor can be replaced without damaging the surface of the photoreceptor at all.