Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having removable units
- Patent Title (中): 具有可拆卸单元的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11808610Application Date: 2007-06-12
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Publication No.: US07878725B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Yasuhide Ohkubo , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Shigeo Nanno , Ippei Kimura , Yoshihide Ohta , Tomoyoshi Yamazaki , Masafumi Takahira , Haruyuki Honda
- Applicant: Yasuhide Ohkubo , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Shigeo Nanno , Ippei Kimura , Yoshihide Ohta , Tomoyoshi Yamazaki , Masafumi Takahira , Haruyuki Honda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2006-162350 20060612; JP2007-102551 20070410; JP2007-114172 20070424
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a first unit to be attached inside the apparatus main body, a rotatable part attached to the apparatus main body and rotatable between an open position for opening the apparatus main body and a closed position for closing the apparatus main body, and a second unit removably attached to the rotatable part. When the rotatable part is rotated from the closed position to the open position, the first unit is allowed to be attached to or removed from the apparatus main body by being moved horizontally. By removing the second unit from the rotatable part, the first unit is attached to or removed from the apparatus main body without coming into contact with the second unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080006166A1 Image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-01-10
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