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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:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Hideki Miyazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Miyazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming a color image on a recording material includes plural cartridge mounting portions for mounting cartridges; a single intermediary transfer member opposed to plural electrophotographic photosensitive member drums, with developed images formed on the drums to be transferred; an image forming unit including the cartridge mounting portions and the intermediary transfer member, the image forming unit being movable between a transfer position for transferring a developed image to the recording material and a mounting and demounting position for mounting and demounting the cartridges relative to the cartridge mounting portions; and a mounting and demounting position locking member for locking the image forming unit to prevent movement to the transfer position relative to a main assembly when at least one of the cartridges is not mounted in a corresponding cartridge mounting portion.
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