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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Masanori Namba, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Namba, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a manual operating unit, at least a part of which being exposed to an outside of the apparatus body and a part of which included inside the apparatus body being exposed to the outside by manually operating from the outside, a condensation part to which moist air in the apparatus body contacts to dew-condense to a water droplet, and a recovery container part containing the water droplet generated by the condensation part and being disposed on an inner surface of the manual operating unit included inside the apparatus body.