| 发明名称 | Image forming apparatus, detachable unit, and plural detachable units | ||
| 摘要 | Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that is to be detachably attached by a detachable unit, wherein the detachable unit includes a unit side connector that fits a main body side connector disposed in a main body of the image forming apparatus by an attaching operation for attaching the detachable unit to the main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein one of the detachable unit and the main body of the image forming apparatus includes a concave portion extended in an attaching direction in which the detachable unit is attached to the main body of the image forming apparatus, and wherein the other one of the detachable unit and the main body of the image forming apparatus includes a convex portion disposed at a position corresponding to the concave portion. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9031456(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.05.12 |
| 申请号 | US201213706804 | 申请日期 | 2012.12.06 |
| 申请人 | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | 发明人 | Mizusawa Hiroshi |
| 分类号 | G03G15/08;G03G21/16;G03G21/18 | 主分类号 | G03G15/08 |
| 代理机构 | Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. | 代理人 | Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
| 主权项 | 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a mounting unit positioned in a main body of the image forming apparatus including a main body side connector, andone of a concave portion and a convex portion, wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to be detachably attached to a detachable unit including the other of the concave portion and the convex portion, wherein the main body side connector is configured to fit with a unit side connector of the detachable unit by an attaching operation for attaching the detachable unit to the main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein the concave portion extends along an attaching direction in which the detachable unit is attached to the main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein the convex portion is attached to an end surface of one of the detachable unit and the mounting unit at a position corresponding to the concave portion, and wherein a length in the attaching direction of at least a portion of the main body side connector that receives the unit side connector is less than a length in the attaching direction between an end of the convex portion and the end surface of the one of the detachable unit and the mounting unit. | ||
| 地址 | Tokyo JP | ||