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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2016
Applicants:
Hiroaki Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiro Shima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihide Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ishimitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiro Shima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihide Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ishimitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00496 (2013.01); G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 15/80 (2013.01); G03G 21/1609 (2013.01); H04N 1/00493 (2013.01); H04N 1/00527 (2013.01); H04N 1/00551 (2013.01); H04N 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an outer cover, an interior device spaced apart from the outer cover, and an accommodating recess interposed between the outer cover and the interior device. The accommodating recess accommodates an arbitrary part of the image forming apparatus.