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US 12,105,464 B2Granted
Operation assisting tool and image forming apparatus including the operation assisting tool
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorIppei Kimura
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Abstract
An operation assisting tool includes a gripper, and an engagement portion to engage with a handle of a drawer drawable from a housing of an image forming apparatus.
Claims18
An operation assisting tool comprising:
- a gripper;
- and
- an engagement portion to engage with a handle of a drawer drawable from a housing of an apparatus,
- wherein the engagement portion has a first counter face and a second counter face to face a pair of faces of the handle that are orthogonal to a moving direction of the drawer,
- wherein the first counter face of the engagement portion is to face downstream one of the pair of faces of the handle in the moving direction, and
- wherein the second counter face of the engagement portion is to face upstream one of the pair of faces of the handle in the moving direction,
- wherein the engagement portion has an opening to which the handle is to be inserted,
- wherein the first counter face has a first protrusion protruding toward the second counter face,
- wherein the second counter face has a second protrusion protruding toward the first counter face, and
- wherein each of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is disposed at a position lower than a position at which the handle is to be inserted to the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.