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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Sakae Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Goda, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Sugane, Machida, JP;
Tomoaki Arai, Yamato, JP;
Satoshi Ishihara, Satte, JP;
Tsuyoshi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Moku Naruishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Sakae Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Goda, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Sugane, Machida, JP;
Tomoaki Arai, Yamato, JP;
Satoshi Ishihara, Satte, JP;
Tsuyoshi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Moku Naruishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A packing unit includes a pallet, a structural base, and a fixing device. The pallet mounts an article thereon. The structural base has a fixed portion and is detachably attached to the article. The fixing device fixes the article to the pallet and includes an article fixing member slidably supported by the pallet. The article fixing member is movable between a fix position at which the article fixing member is engaged with the fixed portion of the structural base of the article to fix the article to the pallet and a release position at which the engagement of the article fixing member and the fixed portion is released.