Image forming apparatus, image reading device, and liquid discharge device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYusuke Tokunaga
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing having an opening; a drum configured to rotate around a rotation axis to convey a medium in a conveyance direction; an image former configured to form an image on the medium on the drum; a reader downstream of the image former in the conveyance direction, the reader configured to read the image on the medium formed by the image former; a first space accommodating the reader; a second space downstream of the first space in the conveyance direction; a path between the first space and the second space; and a shield configured to openably close the path. The image former and the reader are radially arranged with respect to the rotation axis of the drum.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an opening;
- a drum configured to rotate around a rotation axis to convey a medium in a conveyance direction;
- an image former configured to form an image on the medium on the drum;
- a reader downstream of the image former in the conveyance direction, the reader configured to read the image on the medium formed by the image former;
- a first space accommodating the reader;
- a second space downstream of the first space in the conveyance direction;
- a path between the first space and the second space;
- and
- a shield configured to openably close the path,
- wherein the image former and the reader are radially arranged with respect to the rotation axis of the drum.
An image reading device comprising:
- a reader configured to read an image formed by an image former on a medium conveyed by a drum in a conveyance direction;
- a first space accommodating the reader;
- a second space downstream of the first space in the conveyance direction;
- a path between the first space and the second space;
- and
- a shield configured to openably close the path,
- wherein the reader is:
- radially arranged with respect to a rotation axis of the drum;
- and
- disposed downstream of the image former in the conveyance direction.
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an opening;
- a drum configured to rotate around a rotation axis to convey a medium in a conveyance direction;
- a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium on the drum to form an image on the medium;
- a reader downstream of the liquid discharge head in the conveyance direction, the reader configured to read the image on the medium formed by the liquid discharge head;
- a first space accommodating the reader;
- a second space downstream of the first space in the conveyance direction;
- a path between the first space and the second space;
- and
- a shield configured to openably close the path,
- wherein the liquid discharge head and the reader are radially arranged with respect to the rotation axis of the drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.