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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1987
Toru Tanjo, Toyonaka, JP;
Toshio Yamanaka, Yao, JP;
Takahiro Wakikaido, Yao, JP;
Masaru Hatano, Amagasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Hirata, Sakai, JP;
Kazuya Kamidaira, Toyonaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for the formation of images having a body of the apparatus provided with a corona charger, in which a corona wire is strung along a charging opening of the corona charger. An image-forming device is installed in the body of the apparatus. The device is removable from the body of the apparatus along the corona wire. The apparatus further includes a cleaning device that is attached to the end portion of the image-forming device opposite to the direction in which the image-forming device is pulled out of the body of the apparatus. The cleaning device touching the corona wire through the charging opening when the image-forming device moves along the corona wire and separating from the corona wire when the image-forming device is installed into the body of the apparatus.