摘要:
An image holding member for electrophotography has a metal drum, one side face of which is formed integrally with the peripheral face of the drum. And the image holding member has at the center of said side face a rotatory drum supporting shaft formed integrally with said side face.
摘要:
This specification discloses a process kit removably mountable on the main body of an image formation apparatus and integrally having an image bearing member and a part or the whole of process device acting on the image bearing member, and an image formation apparatus using such kit. The image formation apparatus having an image bearing member, process device acting on the image bearing member, a process kit removably mountable on the main body of the apparatus and integrally having the image bearing member and the process device, and a cover movable to a first position for covering the surface of the image bearing member provided in the process kit and a second position retracted away from the first position. This specification also discloses a process kit removably mountable on the main body of the image formation apparatus and having an image bearing member, a cover movable to a first position for covering the surface of the image bearing member and a second position retracted away from the first position, and process device acting on the image bearing member.
摘要:
A process kit containing consumable members is detachably mountable in the main body of an operating device and includes apparatus for indicating when the useful life of the process kit is about to expire and when it has expired.
摘要:
A normal and reverse rotating mechanism of this invention includes a normal and reverse rotating member capable of normal and reverse rotations, a first rotation transmitting member for transmitting normal rotation to the normal and reverse rotating member, a second rotation transmitting member for transmitting reverse rotation to the normal and reverse rotating member, a drive source rotatable in one direction for imparting a rotational drive to the normal and reverse rotating member, first spring clutch means for operatively associating the first rotation transmitting member and the drive source with each other, second spring clutch means for operatively associating the second rotation transmitting member and the drive source with each other, and control lever means for controlling the first and second spring clutch means so that when one of the two spring clutch means is operatively associated with the drive source, the other spring clutch means is not operatively associated with the drive source. The invention does not require normal and reverse rotations of the drive source itself and does not require a bulky and complicated mechanism such as an electromagnetic clutch.
摘要:
An image fixing apparatus includes a heating source for heating a toner image; a film movable in contact with a member for supporting the toner sheet, wherein the toner image is heated by heat from the heating source through the film; and a casing forming, together with the film, a cartridge detachably mountable into the apparatus.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image of an original using an optical image of the original has: a first assembly; a second assembly cooperable with the first assembly the second assembly being movable relative to the first assembly; between a closed position wherein the apparatus is operable and an open position wherein the apparatus is opened; a reciprocable original supporting member for supporting an original; an optical system, in the second assembly, for forming the image of the original supported on the original supporting member; a second guiding member, on the second assembly, for guiding and positioning the original supporting member adjacent one of the sides of the original support member, wherein the original supporting member is movable to be disengaged from the second guiding member, the second guiding member being contactable with the original supporting member to correctly position the original supporting member with respect to the second assembly when it is engaged with the original supporting member.
摘要:
Various components of image-forming means such as corona discharger, developing device and cleaning means are arranged around a photosensitive drum. These processing parts and the photosensitive drum are assembled together into a unit which can be detachably mounted into the main body of image-forming apparatus. Such a unit is called process kit. The process kit is provided with a driving connection member for receiving a driving force from the main body. The present invention provides safety means for effectively protecting said driving connection member from shock and impact thereby assuring the utility of the process kit for a long time.
摘要:
A process kit includes a support member having a photosensitive member integrally mounted thereon together with process elements for acting on the photosensitive member. The support member is mountable on and removable from a main image forming apparatus having an optical system for projecting an image onto the photosensitive member. The support member has a positioning element for engaging the optical system in order to position the optical system accurately with respect to the photosensitive member. This configuration permits sharply formed images to be formed on the photosensitive member after removal and remounting of the process kit.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus wherein an image formed on an image bearing member is transferred onto a transfer material includes a feeder for feeding the transfer material to an image transfer station wherein the image is transferred from the image bearing member onto the transfer material; a guiding member for guiding the transfer material fed from the feeder to the transfer station in a guiding direction; a guide support for supporting the guiding member for movement in the guiding direction and in a direction transverse with the guiding direction; and an image bearing member supporting member for supporting the image bearing member for movement between a first position wherein the image forming apparatus is operable and a second position which is different from the first position, the image bearing member supporting member having an engaging portion for engagement with a part of the guiding member to correctly position the guiding member when the image bearing member supporting member takes its first position.
摘要:
A recording apparatus which includes a bottom plate constituting a bottom portion of the recording apparatus, a first unit fixed to the bottom plate and contributable to a recording operation of the recording apparatus, a second unit fixed to the bottom plate and contributable to the recording operation, and a third unit which is elongated and is contributable to the recording operation and which is fixed adjacent its one longitudinal end to the first unit and is fixed adjacent its other end to the second unit is arranged in such a manner that the mechanical strength of the whole assembly of the recording apparatus is increased. This is done without requiring additional structural members by having functional parts provide structural support for the apparatus.