Mounting device for interchangeably mounting different types of photoconductors
AssigneeHitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinichi Nishino, Osamu Nishino, Toshitaka Ogawa
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a base machine; and a mounting device for interchangeably mounting any one of a plurality of different types of photoreceptor units to the base machine. The mounting device includes a print section module detachably mounted on the base machine, with the plural types of photoreceptor units being removably set to the print section module via an interface. The different types of photoreceptor units are different in a mounting structure for mounting a photoconductive layer on base.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising an image forming apparatus body, a plurality of different types of photoconductor units, said different types of photoconductor units being defined by photoconductor units which are different in a mounting structure for mounting a photoconductor layer on a photoconductor base, and mounting means for interchangeably mounting said different types of photoconductor units in said image forming apparatus body, wherein a single type of photoconductor unit is mounted in said image forming apparatus body at one time.
A method of supplying a photoconductor unit in an image forming apparatus having an image forming apparatus body, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of different types of photoconductor units which are different in a mounting structure for mounting a photoconductive layer on a photoconductor base;
- providing mounting means for interchangeably mounting said different types of photoconductor units in said image forming apparatus body, wherein a single type of photoconductor unit is mounted in said image forming apparatus body at any one time;
- selecting any one of said plurality of different types of photoconductor units;
- and
- assembling the selected one of said photoconductor units into the image forming apparatus body.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a base machine;
- and
- mounting means for interchangeably mounting a plurality of different types of photoconductor units to said base machine, wherein a single type of photoconductor unit is mounted to said base machine at any one time, said different types of said photoconductor units having different internal configurations so as to have at least one of different printing speeds and different duties, while having external configurations of substantially the same dimensions.
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