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Title:
IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003015386
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To exchange an electrifier at suitable time separately from the exchange of a process cartridge including a photoreceptor drum.

The process cartridge 2 is constituted by integrally assembling the photoreceptor drum 17, a developing device 24 and a cleaning device 23. The cartridge 2 is freely attached to/detached from an image forming device main body 1. The electrifier 3 is provided on the outside of the cartridge 2 on the main body 1 side. The electrifier 3 has a housing 3a, an electrifying roller 16 and a coating roller 15 coating the roller 16 with electrification accelerating particles 7, constitutes an electrifying cartridge as a whole, and is disposed while making a compression spring 6 intervene between the electrifier 3 and a frame 4 capable of retreating with a shaft 8 as center. Since the electrifier 3 is disposed on the outside of the cartridge 2, its exchanging time is properly set individually without being influenced by the exchanging time of the drum 17 or the like.


Inventors:
NAKANE NAOHIRO
Application Number:
JP2001201439A
Publication Date:
January 17, 2003
Filing Date:
July 02, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
CANON KK
International Classes:
G03G21/18; G03G15/02; (IPC1-7): G03G15/02; G03G21/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Chikajima (2 outside)