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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/04 (2013.01); B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B65H 2402/46 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a body, an image former to form an image on a recording medium, and an inspection table on which the recording medium is placeable. The inspection table includes a placement surface on which the recording medium, on which the image is formed by the image former, is placeable for inspection of the recording medium, a movement support to movably support the placement surface between a use position and a non-use position, and a fixing member to fix the movement support to the body of the image forming apparatus.