Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTomoya Fujii, Takayuki Andoh, Masatoshi Ishida, Yohei Osanai, Satoshi Narai, Kunihiko Nishioka, Masashi Ota
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a body, an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium and supported by the body, an attachment configured to be removably attached to the body, and a cover configured to be removably attached to the body. The cover is configured to cover the attachment attached to the body. The attachment is configured to switch a state in use of the image forming apparatus by attaching and removing of the attachment to and from the body.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a printer body;
- an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium, the image forming device supported by the printer body;
- a roller configured to selectively guide the printer body in scanning when the image forming apparatus is in a roller contact state;
- a spacer configured to be removably attached to the printer body, the spacer configured to switch the image forming apparatus from the roller contact state to a roller contactless state by attaching to the printer body;
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- a cover configured to selectively dock the printer body therein.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium, the image forming device supported by the body;
- an attachment configured to be removably attached to the body, the attachment configured to switch a state in use of the image forming apparatus by attaching and removing the attachment to and from the body;
- a cover configured to be removably attached to the body, the cover configured to cover the attachment attached to the body;
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- a roller configured to selectively guide the body in scanning, wherein the state in use includes:
- a roller contact state in which the body is movable for scanning while the roller rolls on a surface of one of the recording medium and a table on which the recording medium is placed;
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- a roller contactless state in which the body is movable for scanning while the roller is contactless with the surface.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium, the image forming device supported by the body;
- an attachment configured to be removably attached to the body, the attachment configured to switch a state in use of the image forming apparatus by attaching and removing the attachment to and from the body;
- a cover configured to be removably attached to the body, the cover configured to cover the attachment attached to the body;
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- an attachment switching device configured to turn on and off retention of the attachment on the cover, the attachment switching device including:
- a first engaged portion disposed in the attachment and a second engagement portion disposed in the cover and configured to engage with the first engaged portion disposed in the attachment, and wherein
- the attachment is retained on the cover with engagement between the second engagement portion and the first engagement portion in the attachment being accommodated in the cover, and
- the retention of the attachment on the cover is canceled with disengagement of the second engagement portion from the first engagement portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.