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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2023
Applicant:
Makoto Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Makoto Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1666 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1636 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, an exposure device attached to and detachable from the housing, an insertion slot on the housing for the exposure device, a positioning member disposed at a position higher than the insertion slot, the positioning member having an inclined plane, and space that appears under the exposure device when the exposure device is attached to the prescribed position. In the image forming apparatus, the positioning member guides the exposure device to a prescribed position of the exposure device.