Sheet-shaped sealing member, removable unit, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi FUJIWARA, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi HOSOKAWA, Osamu SAITO
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Abstract
A sheet-shaped sealing member to be pulled out from a front side of the sheet-shaped sealing member in a pull-out direction that is a longitudinal direction of the sheet-shaped sealing member includes a sealing portion and a cutout portion. The sealing portion seals a sealed portion. The cutout portion is cut out to be cantilevered with a position different from the sealing portion as a root portion. The cutout portion has a free end as a fixing portion to be removably fixed to the sealed portion or a fixed portion of a housing in which the sheet-shaped sealing member is installed.
Claims20
A sheet-shaped sealing member comprising:
- a grip;
- a sealing portion;
- a fixing portion between the grip and the sealing portion in a longitudinal direction of the sheet-shaped sealing member;
- and
- a non-fixing portion between the grip and the sealing portion in the longitudinal direction of the sheet-shaped sealing member.
A removable unit detachably attachable to a body of an image forming apparatus, the removable unit comprising:
- a housing having an opening;
- and
- a sheet-shaped sealing member including:
- a grip;
- a sealing portion to seal the opening;
- a fixing portion between the grip and the sealing portion in a longitudinal direction of the sheet-shaped sealing member, the fixing portion being removably fixed to the housing;
- and
- a non-fixing portion between the grip and the sealing portion in the longitudinal direction of the sheet-shaped sealing member.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a removable unit comprising:
- a housing having an opening;
- and
- a sheet-shaped sealing member including:
- a grip;
- a sealing portion to seal the opening;
- a fixing portion between the grip and the sealing portion in a longitudinal direction of the sheet-shaped sealing member, the fixing portion being removably fixed to the housing;
- and
- a non-fixing portion between the grip and the sealing portion in the longitudinal direction of the sheet-shaped sealing member;
- and
- a cover configured to open and close for attachment and detachment of the removable unit to and from the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.