US 12,092,989 B2
Unit accommodation apparatus and image forming apparatus
Tomoaki Suga, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Tomoaki Suga, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,354.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-141202 (JP), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077830 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1647 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0105 (2013.01); G03G 15/0131 (2013.01); G03G 15/1685 (2013.01); G03G 15/755 (2013.01); G03G 21/16 (2013.01); G03G 21/1604 (2013.01); G03G 21/1609 (2013.01); G03G 21/1619 (2013.01); G03G 21/1642 (2013.01); G03G 21/1661 (2013.01); G03G 21/168 (2013.01); G03G 21/1821 (2013.01); G03G 21/1835 (2013.01); G03G 15/0216 (2013.01); G03G 15/1665 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00405 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1651 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A unit accommodation apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body having an opening;
a first unit to be installed into and removed from the apparatus body through the opening in an installation-removal direction;
a second unit to be installed into and removed from the apparatus body through the opening in the installation-removal direction; and
a unit holder to hold the first unit and the second unit,
the unit holder including:
a first positioner disposed opposite one lateral end of the first unit and the second unit in the installation-removal direction, the one lateral end disposed opposite the opening, the first positioner detachably attached to the first unit and the second unit; and
a second positioner disposed opposite another lateral end of the first unit and the second unit in the installation-removal direction, the second positioner to hold the first unit and the second unit in a state in which the first unit and the second unit are detachably attached to the second positioner in the installation-removal direction,
the first positioner and the second positioner to secure a relative position of the first unit relative to the second unit in a direction parallel to a hypothetical orthogonal plane perpendicular to the installation-removal direction.