Electrophotographic image forming device having an exchangeable belt and a method of exchanging the same
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorKazuoki Yamamoto
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Abstract
An electrophotographic image forming device has a body including an upper housing and a lower housing, a photosensitive belt which is provided in the body, a belt driver for rotating the photosensitive belt, which is covered with the photosensitive belt, and a hinge joining the upper housing, the lower housing, and the belt driver so as to enable the upper housing and the belt driver to swing with respect to the lower housing.
Claims19
An electrophotographic image forming device comprising:
- a body comprising an upper housing and a lower housing,
- a photosensitive belt which is provided in the body,
- a belt driver for rotating the photosensitive belt, and
- a hinge joining the upper housing to the lower housing, and the belt driver to the lower housing so as to enable each of the upper housing and the belt driver to swing independently of each other during at least a portion of the range of motion of the belt driver and the upper housing relative to the lower housing.
An electrophotographic image forming device comprising:
- a body comprising an upper housing and a lower housing,
- a transfer belt which is provided in the body,
- a belt driver for rotating the transfer belt, and
- a hinge joining the upper housing to the lower housing, and the belt driver to the lower housing so as to enable each of the upper housing and the belt driver to swing independently of each other during at least a portion of the range of motion of the belt driver and the upper housing relative to the lower housing.
A method of exchanging a photosensitive belt in an electrophotographic image forming device, the method comprising:
- swinging each of an upper housing and a belt driver independently about a hinge during at least a portion of the range of motion of the belt driver and the upper housing with respect to a lower housing so that the belt driver is positioned between the upper housing and the lower housing,
- removing a photosensitive belt from the belt driver, and
- placing a new photosensitive belt onto the belt driver.
A method of exchanging a transfer belt in an electrophotographic image forming device, the method comprising:
- swinging each of an upper housing and a belt driver independently about a hinge during at least a portion of the range of motion of the belt driver and the upper housing with respect to a lower housing so that the belt driver is positioned between the upper housing and the lower housing,
- removing a transfer belt from the belt driver, and
- placing a new transfer belt onto the belt driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.