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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takao Sameshima, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image forming unit detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus has an image bearing body, a charging device for charging the image bearing body, a first unit having the image bearing body and the charging device, an intermediate transferring body, a transferring device for transferring a toner image on the image bearing body to the intermediate transferring body, and a second unit having the intermediate transferring body and the transferring device. One of the first unit and the second unit is supplied with electrical power through the other unit.