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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:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masashi Sakamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Shin Miyata, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355200 ; 355211 ;
Abstract
An image forming unit removably mountable in an image forming apparatus is composed of a plurality of image forming elements including at least a photosensitive drum. The unit is assembled by providing a pair of side plates with the image forming elements between, and covering the outside of the side plates with a thermally shrinkable resin film to firmly connect the image forming elements with the side plates.