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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1985
Shigeyoshi Onoda, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiro Nomura, Kawasaki, JP;
Morikazu Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Kanemitsu, Ichikawa, JP;
Mototada Toriumi, Yokohama, JP;
Fumio Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process kit is detachably mounted in the main body of an image forming apparatus and includes a housing in which a photosensitive member, a corona discharger and a developing device are mounted and held as a unit, the housing including an optical opening formed therein upstream of the corona discharger for conducting a homogeneous light to the photosensitive member to eliminate any remaining charge thereon and an opening of exposure for conducting a light of information to the photosensitive member, the exposure opening being located between the corona discharger and the developing device.