A PROCESS KIT AND AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME

摘要

A process kit (30) is detachably mounted in the main body of an image forming apparatus and includes a housing in which a photosensitive member (3), a corona discharger (4) and a developing device (5) are mounted and held as a unit, the housing including an optical opening formed therein upstream of the corona discharger for conducting a homogeneous light to the photosensitive member to eliminate any remaining charge thereon and an opening of exposure for conducting a light of information to the photosensitive member, the exposure opening being located between the corona discharger and the developing device.