Patent ID: 7418222
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A photoreceptor module located within a housing, wherein the photoreceptor module may be slidably removed from the housing, the photoreceptor module comprising: a photoreceptor having a photoreceptor surface; and a transfer assembly mounted on a pivot pin at an inboard side of the photoreceptor module and not mounted on a second pivot pin at an outboard side of the photoreceptor module, wherein the transfer assembly is operably positioned in close proximity to the photoreceptor surface; and wherein at least a portion of the transfer assembly can be pivoted away up to, but not more than, about ½ inch away from the photoreceptor surface while the photoreceptor remains in its operating position without moving any portion of the housing located in the direction in which the at least a portion of the transfer assembly pivots, wherein the at least a portion of the transfer assembly pivots away about an axis substantially orthogonal to a direction in which the photoreceptor module may be slidably removed, and wherein the at least a portion of the transfer assembly can be pivoted away from the photoreceptor surface by approximately 3 inches when the photoreceptor module is slidably removed from the housing without disassembling the photoreceptor module.