Copying apparatus

Claim 2

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, said conveying means comprising a main conveyor belt and an auxiliary conveyor belt for holding said photosensitive member between them with the photoconductive sheet of said photosensitive member being exposed, charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position, an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image thereon, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image, said charging means, exposure means and developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, and positioning means cooperable with said conveying means for positioning said photosensitive member properly at said exposure position.

Claim 3

An electrophotographic copying device as in claim 1, wherein said positioning means comprises detection signal means provided on said relatively rigid frame of the photosensitive member and corresponding detector means fixedly provided adjacent said conveying means for detecting said detection signal means.

Claim 4

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, Exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, said charging means, exposure means and developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, positioning means cooperable with said conveying means for positioning said photosensitive member properly at said exposure position and means cooperable with said conveying means for moving said photosensitive member relative to said charging means, exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original image.

Claim 5

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, Exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, said charging means, exposure means and developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, positioning means cooperable with said conveying means for positioning said photosensitive member properly at said exposure position and means cooperable with said conveying means for moving said photosensitive member relative to said charging means, exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original image.

Claim 6

An electrophotographic copying apparatus as in claim 3, wherein said developing means comprises a plurality of developing rolls rotatably mounted relative to said conveying means on a rotatable member circumferentially thereof and impregnated with different color developers, and means for intermittently rotating said rotatable member for each exposed color separation image whereby the developing rolls impregnated with color developers corresponding to the exposed colors are rolled in contact with said photosensitive member.

Claim 7

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image thereon, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image, said charging means, discharging means, exposure means and developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, and positioning means cooperable with said conveying means for positioning said photosensitive member properly at said exposure position.

Claim 8

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image thereon, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image, said charging means, discharging means, exposure means and developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, and positioning means cooperable with said conveying means for positioning said photosensitive member properly at said exposure position.

Claim 9

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, said charging means, discharging means, exposure means and developing means being sequentially disposeD in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, positioning means cooperable with said conveying means for positioning said photosensitive member properly at said exposure position and means cooperable with said conveying means for moving said photosensitive member relative to said charging means, discharging means, exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 10

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, said charging means, discharging means, exposure means and developing means being sequentially disposeD in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, positioning means cooperable with said conveying means for positioning said photosensitive member properly at said exposure position and means cooperable with said conveying means for moving said photosensitive member relative to said charging means, discharging means, exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 11

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, said primary charging means, exposure means, secondary charging means, and developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to move said photosensitive means in said path, in turn to said primary charging means, said exposure means and said developing means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, and means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move said photosensitive member, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the remaining number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 12

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, said primary charging means, exposure means, secondary charging means, and developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to move said photosensitive means in said path, in turn to said primary charging means, said exposure means and said developing means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, and means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move said photosensitive member, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the remaining number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 13

An electrophotographic copying apparatus as in claim 7, wherein said conveying means comprises a main conveyer belt and an auxiliary conveyer belt for holding said photosensitive member between them with the photoconductive sheet of said photosensitive member being exposed.

Claim 14

An electrophotographic copying apparatus as in claim 7, wherein said developing means comprises a plurality of developing rolls rotatably mounted relative to said conveying means on a rotatable member circumferentially thereof and impregnated with different color developers, and means for intermittently rotating said rotatable member for each exposed color separation image whereby the developing rolls impregnated with color developers corresponding to the exposed colors are rolled in contact with said photosensitive member.

Claim 15

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on he photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said orIginal color image, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, fixing means for fixing the finally developed image on said photosensitive member, said primary charging means, exposure means, secondary charging means, developing means and fixing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, said exposure means and said developing means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move said photosensitive means, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the remaining number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image, and means causing said conveying means to thereafter move said photosensitive member to said final fixing means. means

Claim 16

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on he photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said orIginal color image, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, fixing means for fixing the finally developed image on said photosensitive member, said primary charging means, exposure means, secondary charging means, developing means and fixing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, said exposure means and said developing means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move said photosensitive means, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the remaining number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image, and means causing said conveying means to thereafter move said photosensitive member to said final fixing means. means

Claim 17

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary drying means for drying said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, fixing means for finally fixing the developed image on said photosensitive member, and final drying means for drying the finally fixed photosensitive member, said primary charging means, exposure means, secondary charging means, primary drying means, developing means, fixing means and final drying means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member means for causing said conveying means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, said exposure means, said developing means, and said primary drying means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means, said developing means and said primary drying means in accordance with all but the last of the number of color separation images formed by said filter and means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means, said developing means, said fixing means and said final drying means thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 18

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary drying means for drying said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, fixing means for finally fixing the developed image on said photosensitive member, and final drying means for drying the finally fixed photosensitive member, said primary charging means, exposure means, secondary charging means, primary drying means, developing means, fixing means and final drying means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member means for causing said conveying means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, said exposure means, said developing means, and said primary drying means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means, said developing means and said primary drying means in accordance with all but the last of the number of color separation images formed by said filter and means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means, said developing means, said fixing means and said final drying means thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 19

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relAtively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, said primary charging means, primary discharging means, exposure means, secondary discharging means, secondary charging means, and said developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, said primary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, and means causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said secondary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 20

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relAtively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, said primary charging means, primary discharging means, exposure means, secondary discharging means, secondary charging means, and said developing means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveying means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, said primary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, and means causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said secondary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 21

An electrophotographic copying apparatus as in claim 12, wherein said conveying means comprises a main conveyor belt and an auxiliary conveyer belt for holding said photosensitive member between them with the photoconductive sheet of said photosensitive member being exposed.

Claim 22

An electrophotograhic copying apparatus as in claim 12, wherein said developing means comprises a plurality of developing rolls rotatably mounted relative to said conveying means on a rotatable member circumferentially thereof and impregnated with different color developers, and means for intermittently rotating said rotatable member for each exposed color separation image whereby the developing rolls impregnated with color developers corresponding to the exposed colors are rolled in contact with said photosensitive member.

Claim 23

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image, through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, and fixing meaNs for fixing the finally developed image on said photosensitive member, said primary charging means, primary discharging means, secondary discharging means, exposure means, secondary charging means, developing means and said fixing means, being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveyor means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, said primary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, means causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said secondary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image, and means causing said conveying means to thereafter move said photosensitive member to said fixing means.

Claim 24

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image, through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, and fixing meaNs for fixing the finally developed image on said photosensitive member, said primary charging means, primary discharging means, secondary discharging means, exposure means, secondary charging means, developing means and said fixing means, being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveyor means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveying means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, said primary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, means causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said secondary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means in accordance with the number of color separation images formed by said filter thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image, and means causing said conveying means to thereafter move said photosensitive member to said fixing means.

Claim 25

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary drying means in said path for drying said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, fixing means for thereafter fixing the finally developed image on said photosensitive member and final drying means for drying the final fixed photosensitive member, said primary charging means, primary discharging means, exposure means, secondary discharging means, secondary charging means, primary drying means, developing means, fixing means and said final drying means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveyor means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveyor means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, primary discharging means, said exposure means, said developing means and said primary drying means, whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, and means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said secondary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means and primary drying means in accordance with the all but the last of the number of color separation images formed by said filter and means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means, said developing means, said fixing means and said final drying means, thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.

Claim 26

An electrophotographic copying apparatus for making a slide or microfilm record of an original color image on a photosensitive member comprising a flexible photoconductive sheet and a relatively rigid frame for supporting said flexible photoconductive sheet, said apparatus including conveying means for supporting the relatively rigid frame of said photosensitive member and conveying said photosensitive member along a predetermined path, primary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, exposure means in said path for forming at an exposure position an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive sheet of said charged photosensitive member by exposing said original image through a filter forming color separation images of said original color image, secondary discharging means in said path for discharging electric charge deposited on said rigid frame of said photosensitive member, secondary charging means in said path for charging said photosensitive member, primary drying means in said path for drying said photosensitive member, developing means in said path for developing said electrostatic latent image with a developer having a color corresponding to the color separation image formed by said filter, fixing means for thereafter fixing the finally developed image on said photosensitive member and final drying means for drying the final fixed photosensitive member, said primary charging means, primary discharging means, exposure means, secondary discharging means, secondary charging means, primary drying means, developing means, fixing means and said final drying means being sequentially disposed in said predetermined path in the direction in which said conveyor means moves said photosensitive member, means for causing said conveyor means to move, in turn, said photosensitive means in said path to said primary charging means, primary discharging means, said exposure means, said developing means and said primary drying means, whereby a first color separation image of said original color image is formed on said photosensitive member, and means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said secondary discharging means, said exposure means and said developing means and primary drying means in accordance with the all but the last of the number of color separation images formed by said filter and means for causing said conveying means to thereafter move, in turn, to said secondary charging means, said exposure means, said developing means, said fixing means and said final drying means, thereby producing a multicolor reproduction of said original color image.