Coating system and system for producing photoconductive elements for electrophotography

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EP 1 255 165 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/05

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	06.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/45

(21)	Application number: 02009305.0

(22)	Date of filing: 30.04.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G03G 5/05, B05D 1/18, B05C 3/09

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

01.05.2001 JP 2001133768

(71)	Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
	Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Iiyama, Akihiro Susono-shi, Shizuoka (JP) Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Sunto-gun, Shizuoka (JP) Tsunakawa, Shuichi Numazu-shi, Shizuoka (JP) Suzuki, Sakae Numazu-shi, Shizuoka (JP) Egawa, Go Numazu-shi, Shizuoka (JP)

(74)	Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx
	Stuntzstrasse 16 81677 München 81677 München (DE)

(54)	Coating system and system for producing photoconductive elements for electrophotography

(57) A coating system of the present invention includes a bath storing a coating liquid for coating conductive cores. An end processing device removes films formed on the end faces of the cores coated with the coating liquid. At least two elevation devices are mounted on a single rotatable shaft each for gripping the cores and selectively raising or lowering the cores. Cores to be coated and cores to be processed by the end processing device are replaced in position with each other to thereby effect coating and end face processing in parallel.

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