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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2003
Yasuyuki Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Kiyota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Ichimiya, Saitama, JP;
Yuichiro Kanoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Kiyota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Ichimiya, Saitama, JP;
Yuichiro Kanoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a unit including image carriers for carrying electrostatic latent images, respectively, and developing devices for developing the electrostatic latent images with toners, respectively, and integrated with the image carriers, and toner feeding devices for feeding the toners to the developing devices, respectively, and provided separately from the unit, wherein the toner feeding devices and developing devices are detachably engaged with each other.