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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. 20, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1995
Kenji Sawada, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device has a device body, an imaging cartridge removably installable within the device body and having a driven element, such as a photosensitive member or a developing unit, and a driven gear which transmits a drive force to the driven element, a plurality of intermediate gears provided in the device body, at least one of the plurality of intermediate gears meshing with the driven gear to drive the driven gear, a drive gear positioned in the device body to drive the at least one intermediate gear, a frame member provided inside the device body, and a cover member provided inside the device body and attached to the frame member to define a confined space region between the cover member and the frame member, at least the drive gear being disposed in the confined space region. By enclosing at least the drive gear in an enclosed space region in the body of the image forming device, the device is effectively enabled for substantially silent operation.
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