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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1998
Tatsuo Hamada, Abiko, JP;
Nobukazu Adachi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including a sheet supply device having a detachable sheet supply roller for feeding stacked sheets, an image forming device having a process cartridge for forming an image on the sheet fed by the sheet supply device, a cartridge containing portion for detachably containing the process cartridge within a body of the image forming apparatus, and a sheet discharge device for discharging and stacking the sheets on which the images were formed by the image forming device. The sheet supply roller and the process cartridge are disposed adjacent to each other, and, after the process cartridge is disengaged from the cartridge containing portion, the sheet supply roller is mounted and dismounted through the cartridge containing portion.