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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
Applicants:
Soichi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Yanaka, Saitama, JP;
Kiyoshi Tsukamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/06 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/06 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 13/0063 (2013.01); B41J 13/106 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 2402/10 (2013.01); B65H 2402/40 (2013.01); B65H 2404/61 (2013.01); B65H 2801/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printing device, a rotator, an upstream support stand. The printing device prints an image on a plate-shaped printing medium. The rotator rotates while nipping the plate-shaped printing medium and conveys the plate-shaped printing medium to the printing device. The upstream support stand supports the plate-shaped printing medium at a position upstream from the rotator in a conveyance direction of the plate-shaped printing medium and includes a mount. The mount is detachably attached to the rotator.