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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Applicants:
Masahiro Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuta Kaneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Uji, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); A47B 81/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2013.01); A47B 81/00 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01); G03G 21/1619 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1645 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1678 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet, and a cabinet configured to house the image forming device. The image forming device includes a side plate in which an exhaust port is formed, and the cabinet includes an outer side plate facing the side plate of the image forming device, and a positioning part configured to position the image forming device in the cabinet, the positioning part configured to form a space between the side plate of the image forming device and the outer side plate of the cabinet.