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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2024
Applicants:
Nobuo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1638 (2013.01); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/168 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1642 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1675 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt, a housing, a grip, and a cover. The housing supports a plurality of stretching rollers stretching the intermediate transfer belt and has a downstream plate in a pull-out direction of the intermediate transfer unit. The downstream plate is orthogonal to the pull-out direction. The grip is on the downstream plate. The cover covers the downstream plate and has a hole to access the grip.