Appeal No. 1996-3709
Application 07/980,221
The disclosed invention relates to an image information
apparatus, and a method of operating the same, using an
electrostatic writing method. The apparatus has a housing
formed in two portions, an upper portion and a lower portion,
hinged together. The lower portion houses a detachable
developing device and the upper portion houses a detachable
photosensitive drum. The upper portion is connected to the
lower portion by a hinge such that the upper portion rotates
about the hinge to gain access to the inner components of the
apparatus. Since the hinge facilitates the opening and
closing of the apparatus, and since the separate parts of the
apparatus, i.e., the paper cassette, the developing device and
the photosensitive drum can be readily disassembled from the
apparatus, it is easy to remove paper which may be jammed in
any portion of the apparatus. The invention is further
illustrated by the following claim.
Representative claim 22 is reproduced as follows:
22. A method of removing a jammed sheet of paper from a
paper path in an image formation apparatus, comprising:
disengaging an upper body of said image formation
apparatus from a lower body of said image formation apparatus
pivotally attached to said upper body, by pivoting said upper
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