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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 26, 2023
Yusuke Tokunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Tokunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing having an opening; a drum configured to rotate around a rotation axis to convey a medium in a conveyance direction; an image former configured to form an image on the medium on the drum; and a reader downstream of the image former in the conveyance direction, the reader configured to read the image on the medium formed by the image former. The image former and the reader are radially arranged with respect to the rotation axis of the drum. The reader is drawable from the opening of the housing along the rotation axis of the drum.
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