US 12,479,214 B2
Image forming apparatus, image reading device, and liquid discharge device
Yusuke Tokunaga, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yusuke Tokunaga, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/205,821.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-095886 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0398786 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01); B41J 25/34 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/2146 (2013.01) [B41J 25/34 (2013.01); B41J 2025/008 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
a housing having an opening;
a drum configured to rotate around a rotation axis to convey a medium in a conveyance direction;
an image former configured to form an image on the medium on the drum;
a reader downstream of the image former in the conveyance direction, the reader configured to read the image on the medium formed by the image former;
a first space accommodating the reader;
a second space downstream of the first space in the conveyance direction;
a path between the first space and the second space; and
a shield configured to openably move toward the drum to close the path when the image former is forming an image on the medium,
wherein the image former and the reader are radially arranged with respect to the rotation axis of the drum.