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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Goro Katsuyama, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Makoto Kurata, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Goro Katsuyama, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Makoto Kurata, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage tableis composed of a cabinetopen to the front side of the image forming apparatus, and a trayable to move into and out of the cabinet. The trayincludes a base plateand a front cover. The base plateis a flat part installed so that the base platecan freely slide in and out of the cabinetby the guide rails. The front coveris assembled at a front end along an in-and-out direction of the base plate. The front coveris integrally formed with a size covering the whole opening of the cabinet. The double-deck paper-loading unitmounted on the storage tablehas an upper trayloaded on a lower tray, so that the lower traycan move into and out of the cabinetand the lower trayis detachable to the base plate for altering the function of the storage table. The structure can be recombined to correspond to various functions, such as the storage of supplies, double-deck paper loading, tandem paper-loading etc, all using only one storage table, and so the cost can become cheaper.