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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:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Akimitsu Obana, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Akimitsu Obana, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/80 (2013.01); G03G 15/5004 (2013.01); G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 2221/166 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1639 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1654 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, a power supply, a toner container, a cover, a first harness, and a second harness. The power supply supplies power to the fixing device. The toner container compartment is between the fixing device and the power supply and receives a toner container. The cover is on the toner container compartment and moves into the toner container compartment. The first harness is coupled to the power supply, and the second harness is coupled to the fixing device. The second harness is detachably coupled to the first harness above the cover.