Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Image forming apparatus with removable unit and a connectable device to connect to the removable unit
An image forming apparatus includes a removable unit to be removably installed in the image forming apparatus, having a unit-side opening, a connectable device having an apparatus-side opening to be connected to the unit-side opening to send developer from one of the removable unit and the connectable device to the other, a receptacle disposed below the unit-side opening and the apparatus-side opening to receive and store developer dropping from above, and a drawer unit to be retractably drawn out from the image forming apparatus. The receptacle is united with the drawer unit to be drawn out from the image forming apparatus together with the drawer unit.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Tadashi Hiroyuki Hideki Hiroshi Yukio Hiroaki Junichi
Ogawa Mabuchi Kimura Kikuchi Otome Okamoto Terai