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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Ruki Midorikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shogo Terakawa, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuji Nishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Gaku Hosono, Kanagawa, JP;
Ruki Midorikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shogo Terakawa, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuji Nishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Gaku Hosono, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
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.