Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus capable of effectively performing a maintenance operation
- Patent Title (中): 能够有效地执行维护操作的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11608175Application Date: 2006-12-07
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Publication No.: US08219000B2Publication Date: 2012-07-10
- Inventor: Kazuosa Kuma , Nobuto Yokokawa , Mitsuru Takahashi , Kazuchika Saeki , Takeshi Fukao , Tsutomu Katoh
- Applicant: Kazuosa Kuma , Nobuto Yokokawa , Mitsuru Takahashi , Kazuchika Saeki , Takeshi Fukao , Tsutomu Katoh
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-353955 20051207
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
A roller device that can be exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus includes a roller, a shaft, and two grip members. The roller is configured to cover the shaft along the rotation axis and have two roller ends from which the two shaft end portions of the shaft are projected outwardly along the rotation axis. A shaft is configured to have a rotation axis at a center thereof and have two shaft end portions. The two grip members are each configured to be rotatably disposed to a respective shaft end portion of the two shaft end portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070127947A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY PERFORMING A MAINTENANCE OPERATION Public/Granted day:2007-06-07
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