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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2020
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhide Nakazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer to bear a latent image, a charging device to charge the image bearer, a developing device to develop the latent image on the image bearer, a cleaning device to clean a surface of the image bearer, a target component including at least one of the image bearer, the charging device, the developing device, and the cleaning device, and a temperature change suppression member opposed adjacent to or disposed in contact with an outer peripheral face of the target component. The temperature change suppression member suppresses a temperature change of the target component.