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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Yasuhiro Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kudoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Sueoka, Tokyo, JP;
Ikoh Soh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kudoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Sueoka, Tokyo, JP;
Ikoh Soh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body; a page-width inkjet head unit capable of ejecting fluid droplets without substantially moving the page-width inkjet head unit while forming an image on a medium to be recorded on; a maintaining and recovering unit maintaining and recovering a function of a nozzle of the page-width inkjet head unit; and an engaging unit for engaging the page-width inkjet head unit and the maintaining and recovering unit together as a single unit when the page-width inkjet head unit and the maintaining and recovering unit are removed from the apparatus main body as a single unit.