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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1994
Satoshi Haneda, Hachioji, JP;
Shizuo Morita, Hachioji, JP;
Masakazu Fukuchi, Hachioji, JP;
Tadayoshi Ikeda, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A color image forming apparatus includes a housing and a cartridge adapted to be attached to or detached from the housing in a horizontal direction. The cartridge includes a photoreceptor and a plurality of developing devices vertically piled up. Each developing device has an opening to receive toner and a cover to open or close the opening. When the cartridge is detached from the housing in the horizontal direction and is placed in a laid down position thereof, toner can be supplied into the developing devices through the opening which is at the top portion of the laid-down cartridge.