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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1986
Yoshitake Miyoshi, Ikoma, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A shell-type electrostatic copying apparatus comprising a supporting structure consisting of a lower supporting frame and an upper supporting frame mounted on the lower supporting frame for free pivoting between an open position and a closed position about a first pivot axis as a center, an endless carrier member having a photosensitive material disposed on its peripheral surface, a developing device for developing a latent electrostatic image formed on the surface of the photosensitive material and a copying paper conveying mechanism. A supporting unit frame is mounted on the lower supporting frame about a second pivot axis, and the endless carrier member and the developing device are disposed on the supporting unit frame, when the upper supporting frame is caused to pivot about the first pivot axis in the state where the supporting unit frame and the upper supporting frame are connected, the supporting unit frame is caused to pivot about the second pivot axis following the pivoting movement of the upper supporting frame.