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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Masato Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Maeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Wakamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Maeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Wakamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a head holder, a cutter, and a cutter holder. The recording head ejects ink onto a sheet of recording media fed along a sheet feed path to record an image on the sheet. The head holder holds the recording head. The cutter includes opposed blades opposing each other with the sheet interposed therebetween. The cutter holder holds the cutter and is reciprocally movable in a width direction of the sheet perpendicular to a sheet feed direction in which the sheet is fed along the sheet feed path. The cutter holder is disposed downstream from the recording head in the sheet feed direction and within a width of the head holder in the sheet feed direction.