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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2008
Takayuki Niihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichiro Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Hagiwara, Aichi, JP;
Tetsu Morino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Niihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichiro Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Hagiwara, Aichi, JP;
Tetsu Morino, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A side wall surface of a carriage is disclosed with two first projection parts and a second projection part that define the inclination of a reflective optical sensor in its vertical direction. The two first projection parts are arranged at the same height position with a detection surface as a reference, and the second projection part is arranged at a position higher than the first projection parts with the detection surface as the reference. The second projection part has a first part higher in position from the side wall surface of the carriage than the first projection parts and has a second part lower in position than the first part. The second part has a screw hole into which a clamping member for fixing the reflective optical sensor to the second part is tightened.