Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Shunichi Ogawa

Yoshihiro Morii

Satosu Souma

Shingo Kato

Makoto Yumoto

Masanori Hashimoto

Tatsuo Tani

Kazuhiro Suzuki

Takashi Kimura

Hideto Miyazaki

Takeshi Motohashi

Shinji Nagatsuna

Mamoru Takezawa

Shoji Yanagida

Tomoyuki Moriya

Osamu Kuramochi

Eiji Hashimoto

A recycling method comprises classifying products to be recycled on the basis of classifier unit information, decomposing and fractionating some of the products on the basis of fractionator unit information. Applying a physical action to the fractionated products on the basis of physical action information. Producing a recycled material on the basis of recycled material producer unit information. Producing a recycled component from the recycled materials on the basis of recycled component producer unit information. The information required at each step is appropriately supplied.

Method of recycling

A recyclable article and a sheet-like member included in the article are disclosed. In a copier, for example, a front door has a door body and a decal fitted on the door body by an adhesive. The door body and decal are formed of thermoplastic resins soluble in each other, so that the adhesive does not remain on the door body when the decal is peeled off the door body. When the front door is melted for recycling, a molding having desirable characteristic is achievable. When the decal is peeled off the door body in order to reuse the front door, the adhesive can be easily removed from the door body.

Recyclable article and sheet-like member included therein

A printing apparatus such as a printer of the type using a type wheel includes two guide members which extend between a pair of side frames and each of which is fixed by riveting. A carrier is slidably mounted on the guide members. A carriage loaded with a type wheel and others is mounted on a carrier in such a manner as to be rotatable by 90 degrees between a predetermined print position and a wheel replace position behind the print position. A sensor for determining the presence/absence and the kind of a type wheel loaded in the carriage is provided.

Frame structure of a printer with positioning openings

A printing device such as a printer of the type using a type wheel in which a carriage is loaded with a printing mechanism and movable along a carrier to allow the printing mechanism to print out data on a paper, which is wrapped around a platen. The carrier and/or the carriage is produced by press-forming a single sheet metal to cut down the production cost and the number of structural elements of the printer.

Printing device with carriage and carrier therefor each integrally

A printing apparatus including a printing sheet guide for supporting a single printing sheet, a page feeder for successively feeding a plurality of continuous sheets to a printing section, and a sound absorber and a noise silencing cover for avoiding release of noise to outside. The printing apparatus has a front cover located forwardly of an upper cover for a printer body for movement between an open position and a closed position, and a pair of brackets are inserted in engaging holes formed on opposite sides of the upper cover. The printing sheet guide and the noise silencing cover are detachably attached to the brackets, and the page feeder includes engaging portions located on opposite sides which are inserted in positions at the front cover outwardly of the sound absorber and the noise silencing cover and inwardly of hinged portions on opposite sides of the front cover to be releasably brought into engagement with a platen shaft. The front cover is brought to an open position without removing any of the optionally mounted components.

Printing apparatus

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Hatano, Japan

Shunichi Ogawa