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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2000
Takao Sameshima, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus including an image carrier unit having an image carrier for carrying an image and a transfer material carrier unit having a transfer material carrier for carrying a transfer material, the transfer material carrier unit being capable of assuming a first state when the image on the image carrier is transferred onto a transfer material carried by the transfer material carrier and a second state that the transfer material carrier unit escapes more than the first state. The image carrier unit is detachably attached to an apparatus body through a space formed in the apparatus body after the transfer material carrier unit enters in the second state.