Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, foreign object detecting system, and method for producing foreign object detecting system
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Application No.: US15407764Application Date: 2017-01-17
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Publication No.: US10048628B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Ruki Midorikawa , Shogo Terakawa , Tetsuji Nishikawa , Hiroshi Ishii , Kohta Takenaka , Hiroaki Murakami , Hidehiko Maeda , Gaku Hosono
- Applicant: Ruki Midorikawa , Shogo Terakawa , Tetsuji Nishikawa , Hiroshi Ishii , Kohta Takenaka , Hiroaki Murakami , Hidehiko Maeda , Gaku Hosono
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Duft Bornsen & Fettig LLP
- Priority: JP2016-007057 20160118
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/00
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body accommodating an image forming device, a foreign object detector that detects a foreign object beside the apparatus body, and a detector holding unit that holds the foreign object detector. The foreign object detector and the detector holding unit are movable together into the apparatus body.
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