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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 05, 2015
Applicants:
Keiichi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Keiichi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/14 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B41J 3/46 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/14 (2013.01); B41J 3/46 (2013.01); B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 15/6552 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2402/31 (2013.01); B65H 2551/20 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G03G 21/1604 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet stack face disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus body, a pair of sheet ejection rollers to eject a sheet onto the sheet stack face in an ejection direction toward a front side of the apparatus body, a hinge secured to the apparatus body, and a control panel disposed higher than the apparatus body and supported by the hinge rotatably around the hinge. The control panel is rotatable within a movable range positioned higher than a trajectory drawn by the sheet ejected onto the sheet stack face.