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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:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
May. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399117 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a base machine; and a mounting device for interchangeably mounting any one of a plurality of different types of photoreceptor units to the base machine. The mounting device includes a print section module detachably mounted on the base machine, with the plural types of photoreceptor units being removably set to the print section module via an interface. The different types of photoreceptor units are different in a mounting structure for mounting a photoconductive layer on base.