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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Kenji Sawada, Toyokawa, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Toyohashi, JP;
Hitoshi Sekino, Toyokawa, JP;
Masashi Sakamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta, Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an apparatus housing having a releasible and movable side frame, and a stationary side frame, a photosensitive unit having a photosensitive member and which is detachably mounted on the movable side frame, and an intermediate transfer unit having an intermediate transfer member for temporarily receiving a transferred toner image formed on the surface of the photosensitive member in a primary transfer, and transferring the temporarily transfer toner image to a recording sheet in a secondary transfer, the intermediate transfer unit being detachably mounted on the movable side frame.