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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1987
Junichi Hirasawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yutaka Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Kenya Komada, Yokohama, JP;
Takefumi Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device for electrostatic recording apparatus which has a plurality of replacement units, and a case holding the replacement units and is integrally removable from the device body by sliding toward one direction, and in which each replacement unit is placed in operable position when the replacement unit holding case is set to a given position in the device body. In the replacement unit holding case, provided is a mechanism for automatically removing the position of each replacement unit further away from each other than the given setting position of each replacement unit, by pulling out the case from the device body.