Photoreceptor unit and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorHideji HAYASHI
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Abstract
A photoreceptor unit is inserted into an image forming apparatus in the predetermined insertion direction, and includes a photoreceptor, a light-shielding sheet covering a part of the photoreceptor on the front side in the insertion direction; a rigid cover made of resin and provided adjacent to the light-shielding sheet on the rear side in the insertion direction; and a cushioning member interposed between the rigid cover and the photoreceptor. The rigid cover has a length that allows the photoreceptor unit to be gripped at the rigid cover. The light-shielding sheet, the rigid cover and the cushioning member can be removed together from the photoreceptor.
Claims13
A photoreceptor unit inserted into an image forming apparatus in a predetermined insertion direction, comprising:
- a photoreceptor;
- a light-shielding sheet covering a part of said photoreceptor on a front side in said insertion direction;
- a rigid cover provided in one of a state where said rigid cover is adjacent to said light-shielding sheet on a rear side in said insertion direction and a state where said rigid cover overlaps a part of said light-shielding sheet;
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- a cushioning member interposed between said rigid cover and said photoreceptor,
- said rigid cover having a length allowing said photoreceptor unit to be gripped at said rigid cover, and
- said light-shielding sheet, said rigid cover and said cushioning member being capable of being removed together from said photoreceptor.
A photoreceptor unit inserted into an image forming apparatus in a predetermined insertion direction, comprising:
- a photoreceptor;
- a housing pivotally supporting said photoreceptor such that said photoreceptor can rotate and covering said photoreceptor in a state where at least a part of said photoreceptor is exposed;
- a light-shielding sheet located in said photoreceptor on a front side in said insertion direction and detachably attached to said housing so as to cover a portion of said photoreceptor exposed from said housing;
- a rigid cover connected to said light-shielding sheet, located in said photoreceptor on a rear side in said insertion direction and detachably attached to said housing so as to cover a portion of said photoreceptor exposed from said housing;
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- a cushioning member interposed between said rigid cover and said photoreceptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.