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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Jumpei Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Nonaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Jumpei Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Nonaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a paper loading base on which manual-feed paper is loaded, a manual-feed paper conveying unit, and a dustproof cover which covers the paper loading base being in the overhang state. The paper loading base has a lower end rotatably supported on one outer surface portion of the device main body, and is opened from an upper end thereof and disposed at a predetermined oblique angle or in a horizontal overhang state such that an overhang side becomes an upper side in an oblique direction. The manual-feed paper conveying unit is conveys the manual-feed paper on the paper loading base onto a paper conveyance path one by one. The dustproof cover includes a base which engages with the paper loading base, and an opening-and-closing cover which is rotatably connected to the base and is opened upwardly on the overhang side.