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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yuta Nohara, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An attachment unit for attaching a second device to a first device includes a first attachment member and a second attachment member. Each of the first attachment member and the second attachment member has first to Nth engagement sections. N is an integer of at least 2. The first to Nth engagement sections of the first attachment member respectively have the same shape as the first to Nth engagement sections of the second attachment member. The nth engagement section of the first attachment member is engageable with the (N−n+1)th engagement section of the second attachment member. n is an integer of at least 1 and no greater than N. At least one of the first device and the second device is an image forming apparatus or an extension device.