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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
Toshihiro Nakagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Nakagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coating apparatus is connectable to both an image forming apparatus and a sheet feeder. The coating apparatus includes a coater, a carry-in entrance, and an ejector. The coater coats a recording medium with a treatment liquid. The carry-in entrance is on one of two exterior wall surfaces facing each other. The recording medium is conveyed from the sheet feeder through the carry-in entrance. The ejector is on another of the two exterior wall surfaces. The ejector ejects the recording medium to the image forming apparatus. A position of the carry-in entrance on the one of the exterior wall surfaces matches a position of the ejector on said another of the exterior wall surfaces.