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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2018
Toshikane Nishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiko Nishioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiyoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunari Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiko Nishioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiyoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunari Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile image forming apparatus includes a body, a recording device supported by the body and configured to form an image on a recording medium, a roller provided to the body and configured to rotate on the recording medium while the body is moved in a scanning direction for image formation. The mobile image forming apparatus further includes a switching device configured to switch a state of the mobile image forming apparatus during image formation between a roller contact state in which the roller is in contact with the recording medium and a roller contactless state in which the roller is contactless with the recording medium.