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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2019
Hiroshi Kajiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Natsuki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kajiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Natsuki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a pressing device, an apparatus body, an opening body, and a vibration insulator. The pressing device housed in the apparatus body is configured to press a pressing body to a pressing target body. The opening body is configured to open and close to the apparatus body. The opening body presses a pressing target portion of the apparatus body, at a first pressing portion to cancel a pressing state of the pressing device by opening of the opening body and at a second pressing portion to enter the pressing state of the pressing device by closing of the opening body. The vibration insulator is provided on at least one of the pressing target portion and the second pressing portion, at a contact portion at which the pressing target portion contacts the second pressing portion when the first pressing portion cancels the pressing state.