Copying machine with easy removal of image transfer member

Claim 1

A photoelectric copying machine for transferring an image from an original document to an image transfer medium, said machine comprising: first and second rotating drums; an endless belt encircling said first and second rotating drums and moving in concert with the rotation thereof; a sensitizer formed on only a substantial portion of the surface of said endless belt, and movable therewith, wherein said endless belt comes to rest with the portion thereof which is not covered by said sensitizer resting around said first rotating drum; means for moving the image transfer medium through said machine along a predetermined path, said path tangentially intersecting said endless belt adjacent said first rotating drum; a charger positioned along said predetermined path adjacent said first rotating drum to precharge said sensitizer as it passes thereby; optical image potential forming means for reading said original document and optically forming a potential variation on said sensitizer corresponding to the image present on said original document; and means for supplying toner to said potential variation formed on said sensitizer by said optical image potential forming means to form a toner image on said sensitizer corresponding to said image from said original document; said charger also applying charge to said toner image as said image transfer member passes thereby to transfer said toner image to said image transfer member.