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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:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/118 ;
Abstract
A print head device, which includes a plurality of image carrying bodies, a plurality of developing units, a plurality of charging units, and at least one intermediate transfer unit, is constructed as a unit assembly, and the unit assembly is inserted into and removed from image forming apparatus main body. The image forming apparatus contains a mechanism that the image carrying bodies are minutely movably supported by a frame of the unit assembly with a gap being located therebetween, and are positioned and fixed to a housing of the image forming apparatus main body.