The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Naoki Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiko Natsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Munehisa Fuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuhei Waragai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusaku Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Ohba, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiko Natsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Munehisa Fuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuhei Waragai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusaku Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Ohba, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet bundle housing unit that houses recording sheets piled as a sheet bundle; a swing member having a sheet contact portion on one end side, and swinging between a projection position at which the sheet contact portion projects above a sheet placement surface of the housing unit and a non-projection position at which the sheet contact portion does not project above the sheet placement surface, the swing member moving from the projection position to the non-projection position by the sheet bundle; a sheet detection unit that detects the sheet bundle in the housing unit using the swing member; and an interlocking mechanism that moves the swing member to the non-projection position, regardless of presence or absence of the sheet bundle in the housing unit, by interlocking with the housing unit being pulled out from an apparatus body.