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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Hideki Ishida, Osaka, JP;
Toshiaki Kusuda, Osaka, JP;
Sueaki Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Kamidaira, Osaka, JP;
Tadakazu Ohgiri, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoaki Miyamoto, Nara, JP;
Kuniaki Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having: a plurality of photoreceptors provided along a sheet transportation path and each extending perpendicularly to the sheet transportation path; and an imaging mechanism for forming toner images on surfaces of the respective photoreceptors. A pair of support plates receive opposite end circumferential portions of the respective photoreceptors to support the photoreceptors together in a parallel relation. Bearings are fitted around the opposite end circumferential portions of the respective photoreceptors, and the pair of support plates each have the same number of cut-away portions as the number of the photoreceptors for receiving outer rings of the bearings, the cut-away portions being formed in a spaced apart relation.