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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Yoshihide Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Joh Ebara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuji Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kohta Hirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Funayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Masu, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihide Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Joh Ebara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuji Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kohta Hirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Funayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Masu, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a drawer unit that includes therein a paper-feeding conveying path for conveying a recording medium conveyed from a paper feeding unit on which the recording media are stacked to an image forming unit and/or a discharge conveying path for conveying the recording medium on which an image has been formed to a discharging unit, and be drawn out from an apparatus main body; a lock unit that locks the drawer unit to the apparatus main body; a straddle detecting unit that detects whether the recording medium straddles a conveying path in the apparatus main body and a conveying path in the drawer unit; and a controller that controls the lock unit to lock the drawer unit to the apparatus main body when the straddle detecting unit detects the straddle.