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US 8,147,059 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTsuyoshi Miyata
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to jet liquid droplets; and a sheet supporting unit configured to support a sheet that is conveyed facing the recording head, in such a manner that a predetermined gap is provided between the sheet and the recording head, the sheet supporting unit including fixed ribs and movable ribs, wherein the movable ribs are movable within a range such that a top edge of each of the movable ribs supporting the sheet does not exceed a top edge of each of the fixed ribs supporting the sheet.
Claims4
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a recording head configured to jet liquid droplets;
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- a sheet supporting unit configured to support a sheet that is conveyed facing the recording head, in such a manner that a predetermined gap is provided between the sheet and the recording head, the sheet supporting unit comprising fixed ribs and movable ribs, wherein:
- the movable ribs are movable within a range such that a top edge of each of the movable ribs supporting the sheet does not exceed a top edge of each of the fixed ribs supporting the sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.