US 12,228,876 B2
Image forming apparatus
Makoto Noda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Makoto Noda, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/205,574.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-095100 (JP), filed on Jun. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408969 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1666 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1636 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a housing including a side face and an insertion slot on the side face;
an exposure device attached to and detachable from the housing via the insertion slot;
a positioning member disposed inside the housing, the positioning member having an inclined surface that guides a front end of the exposure device to a position above a lower portion of the insertion slot as the exposure device is inserted through the insertion slot; and
a space inside the housing and under the exposure device, as viewed along an insertion direction in which the exposure device is inserted through the insertion slot, after the exposure device is inserted into the housing and positioned at the position, wherein
as viewed along the insertion direction, the front end of the exposure device protrudes upward, and
after the exposure device is inserted through the insertion slot, a top end of the front end of the exposure device is higher than a top end of the insertion slot.