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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Yasushi Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a plurality of cartridges, each including a drum, a single writing unit which is an only writing unit of the image forming apparatus. There is a structural member disposed between the plurality of cartridges and the single writing unit which extends in the direction in which the cartridges are stacked. There is a first side wall, a second side wall facing the first side wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall. The structural member is affixed to the first side wall, the second side wall, the top wall, and the bottom wall.