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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1992
Masashi Sakamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic apparatus having a first frame accommodating an exposure head which emits a light according to digital image data and a second frame accommodating a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed with a light emitted from the exposure head to the photosensitive member at an exposure portion. The first frame is openably supported by the second frame. When the first frame is opened relative to the second frame, the exposure head is released from the photosensitive member and thereby a document exposing unit including a transport system for transporting a document and an exposure optical system for exposing the photosensitive member to an optical image of the document being transported by the transport system is mountable at the exposure portion.