Patent ID: 9367029
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An electrophotographic imaging device, comprising: a frame having an opposed first and a second panel connected with an opposed third and a fourth panel; an access door pivotally mounted between the first and the second panels and adjacent to one of the third and the fourth panels and moveable between an open position and a closed position with respect to the frame; an actuation member coupled to the access door; a developer unit having a developer roll rotatably mounted therein; a photoconductor (PC) unit having a PC drum rotatably mounted therein; the developer unit and PC unit being insertable through the access door between the first and second panels and supported by the frame; a first lift member mounted on an end of one of the developer unit and the PC unit; and, a separator for moving one of the developer unit and the PC unit between an operative position at which the PC drum and the developer roll form a contact nip along their respective axial lengths, and a separated position whereat the PC drum and the developer roll are spaced apart along at least a portion of their respective axial lengths, the separator comprising: wherein, with one of the developer unit and the PC unit in the separated position, the latch portion of the first latch arm being engaged with the first lift rail and the access door in the closed position, on opening of the access door, the actuation member engages the release arm pivoting the release arm, translating the base link, pivoting the first latch arm and disengaging the latch portion of the first latch arm from the first lift rail, allowing the first lift rail to return to its biased position, moving the at least one lift slot so that the first lift member travels along the camming portion to the other of the first and second portions and moving the one of the developer unit and the PC unit into the operative position.