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US 2023/0408969 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMakoto NODA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, an exposure device attached to and detachable from the housing, an insertion slot on the housing for the exposure device, a positioning member disposed at a position higher than the insertion slot, the positioning member having an inclined plane, and space that appears under the exposure device when the exposure device is attached to the prescribed position. In the image forming apparatus, the positioning member guides the exposure device to a prescribed position of the exposure device.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- an exposure device attached to and detachable from the housing;
- an insertion slot on the housing for the exposure device;
- a positioning member disposed at a position higher than the insertion slot, the positioning member having an inclined plane, the positioning member being configured to guide the exposure device to a prescribed position of the exposure device;
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- space that appears under the exposure device when the exposure device is attached to the prescribed position.
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