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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Kazuosa Kuma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuto Yokokawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mitsuru Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazuchika Saeki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Fukao, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tsutomu Katoh, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazuosa Kuma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuto Yokokawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mitsuru Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazuchika Saeki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Fukao, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tsutomu Katoh, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A roller device that can be exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus includes a roller, a shaft, and two grip members. The roller is configured to cover the shaft along the rotation axis and have two roller ends from which the two shaft end portions of the shaft are projected outwardly along the rotation axis. A shaft is configured to have a rotation axis at a center thereof and have two shaft end portions. The two grip members are each configured to be rotatably disposed to a respective shaft end portion of the two shaft end portions.