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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Yusuke Funayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Joh Ebara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuji Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihide Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouta Hirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Funayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Joh Ebara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuji Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihide Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouta Hirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image; a drawer unit configured to be pulled out from a body of the image forming apparatus; a first lock unit configured to receive power from a power supply and perform at least one of lock and unlock of the drawer unit with respect to the body; and a second lock unit configured to perform lock and unlock of the drawer unit with respect to the body by a mechanical operation performed by an operator.