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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1988
Junichi Takamatsu, Sennan, JP;
Kazunori Akiyama, Suita, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-forming machine comprising a main body of the machine and an image bearing member disposed within the main body and adapted to form an image on a electrophotographic material disposed of the surface of the image bearing member. According to a first aspect, the main body of the image-forming machine includes a lower supporting frame and an upper supporting frame mounted on the lower supporting frame for free pivotable movement between an open position and a closed position, and a cover member mounted on the upper supporting frame, in which when the upper supporting frame is held at the open position, the cover member covers part of the image bearing member. According to a second aspect, an image-forming area and a non-image-forming area exist on the surface of the image bearing member, and when an image-forming step is over, the non-image-forming are is positioned at a transfer opening formed for image transfer. According to a third aspect, a transfer zone in which to transfer the image to a sheet material and a peeling zone in which to peel the sheet material from the image bearing member are kept in a predetermined relationship so as to ensure accurate peeling of the sheet material.