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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2003
Junichi Tanizaki, Fukuoka, JP;
Noriyuki Tajima, Osaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Kitaoka, Osaka, JP;
Yasutaka Tamai, Nara, JP;
Junichi Tanizaki, Fukuoka, JP;
Noriyuki Tajima, Osaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Kitaoka, Osaka, JP;
Yasutaka Tamai, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A color image forming apparatus having a plurality of developing units for containing different color toners to form a color image, a plurality of photo-receptor units including photo-receptors on which electrostatic latent images to be developed by said developing units are to be formed, and an intermediate transfer body unit including a tensionally provided belt with upper and lower surfaces to which toner images are transferred from said photo-receptors, an intermediate transfer body unit cartridge integrally holding said intermediate transfer body unit, the cartridge being detachably attached to the color image forming apparatus through the jamming-removal opening.