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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Taku Kudoh, Sagamihara, JP;
Manabu Nonaka, Chigasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Kawashima, Atsugi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit configured to form an image on a recording medium, and a guide device configured to guide the printing unit to be drawn in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed. Thus, because the printing unit can be drawn out from the main body of the apparatus, maintenance work to the printing unit can be easily performed in a state that the printing unit has been drawn out from the apparatus.