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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Jumpei Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Nonaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Jumpei Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Nonaka, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet container detachably attachable to the apparatus body and accommodating recording media therein, an image forming part to form an image on each of the recording media, a sheet separating part to separate the recording media one by one, feed the recording medium toward the image forming part, and include a sheet feeding body and a sheet separating body to rotate in contact with the sheet feeding body and form a sheet separation nip region with the sheet feeding body, a sheet containing unit to contain the recording media therein, and a sheet separating body storing unit disposed at one end of the sheet containing unit to store the sheet separating body therein. The sheet container being pulled out from the apparatus body by moving from the sheet containing unit to the sheet separating body storing unit.