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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2005
Masatoshi Sakakitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Sakakitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a maintenance recovery mechanism for maintaining and restoring a condition of a recording head. An opening larger than an outline of a frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism is formed in a side plate to which an end of a guide rod is attached. The frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism is secured and held at the upper side of the opening. The maintenance recovery mechanism can be removed in a scanning main direction through the opening of the side plate.
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