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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Applicant:
Junji Murakawa, Toyokawa, JP;
Inventor:
Junji Murakawa, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an imaging unit including a drum cartridge having an image carrier composed of a photosensitive drum and a development device having a development roller facing the image carrier, the development device developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier to form a toner image. The drum cartridge and the development device are provided so as to be allowed to be connected to and separated from each other. The drum cartridge and the development device, when connected to each other, can be made to pivot relative to each other on a shaft of the development roller of the development device.