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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Applicant:
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an engine unit formed by unitizing an engine part configured to scan a carriage having a recording head jetting a liquid drop of recording liquid in a main scanning direction and conveying a recording medium in a sub-scanning direction, so that an image is formed, and a keeping and recovering mechanism configured to keep an operating state of the recording head forming the engine unit, the keeping and recovering mechanism being provided at a rear side of an apparatus main body.