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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinji Nagatsuna, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355210 ; 355200 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic copier, laser printer, facsimile apparatus or similar image recorder includes an image forming case in which a photoconductive element, a developing device and a cleaning device are individually detachably accommodated. The image forming case is removable mounted on a body of the image recorder which is constituted by an upper unit and a lower unit, the case being disposed between the upper and lower units. The photoconductive element, developing device and cleaning device are pressed from above by the upper unit to be positioned with accuracy in individual positioning portions which are provided on the lower unit.