US 12,393,156 B2
Image forming apparatus with a stopper to block insertion of a toner container
Naoki Matsuda, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Naoki Matsuda, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/520,613.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-189139 (JP), filed on Nov. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176284 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1647 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0867 (2013.01); G03G 15/0872 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01); G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0665 (2013.01); G03G 2221/169 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body;
a detachable unit detachably attached to the apparatus body, the detachable unit including a groove;
a metal plate component;
an insertion cover having an insertion opening into which the detachable unit is insertable in an insertion direction; and
a stopper including:
a projection inside the insertion opening of the insertion cover, the projection being within the groove when the detachable unit is fully attached to the apparatus body where the detachable unit dispenses a substance to the apparatus body; and
a protrusion contacting the metal plate component in a projection direction of the projection,
wherein the metal plate component contacts the insertion cover in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction.