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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Masahiro Samei, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Samei, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00997 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); H04N 1/00822 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading device, an image forming apparatus, and a feed tray. The image reading device is provided with a light source that irradiates a sheet with light, and the light source is a sterilizing-light emitting light source that irradiates the sheet with light to sterilize the sheet. The image forming apparatus includes the image reading device, a housing including an image forming device that forms an image on a sheet, and a sterilizing-light emitting light source disposed in a sheet conveyance path in the housing. The feed tray for containing a plurality of sheets, the feed tray includes a sterilizing-light emitting light source.