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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1997
Toru Miyasaka, Hitachi, JP;
Masashi Yamamoto, Hitachi, JP;
Nobuyoshi Hoshi, Hatachinaka, JP;
Seiji Maruo, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A color electro-photographic apparatus including a photosensitive belt disposed for movement along a path in which a major portion of the path extends in a substantially vertical direction, a plurality of developing units arranged in a stack along one side of the photosensitive belt, and an intermediate transfer body disposed adjacent an other side of the photosensitive belt at a lower portion thereof. The color electro-photographic apparatus also includes a paper cassette extending in a horizontal direction at a part of the apparatus below the photosensitive belt so that paper travels from an end of the paper cassette along a vertical path without bending back upon itself prior to image transfer by the intermediate transfer body.