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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2023
Tomoaki Suga, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Suga, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A unit accommodation apparatus includes a first unit and a second unit that are to be installed into and removed from an apparatus body through an opening in an installation-removal direction and are held by a unit holder. The unit holder includes a first positioner that is disposed opposite one lateral end of the first unit and the second unit and is detachably attached to the first unit and the second unit. A second positioner is disposed opposite another lateral end of the first unit and the second unit and holds the first unit and the second unit in a state in which the first unit and the second unit are detachably attached to the second positioner. The first positioner and the second positioner secure a relative position of the first unit relative to the second unit in a direction parallel to a hypothetical orthogonal plane perpendicular to the installation-removal direction.