Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with removable top plate cover secured with undersurface screws
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Application No.: US17717841Application Date: 2022-04-11
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Publication No.: US11825045B2Publication Date: 2023-11-21
- Inventor: Takeshi Fukuda
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP 21073473 2021.04.23
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; H04N1/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a frame, a top plate cover removable from the frame and having a top surface portion constituting a part of a top surface of the image forming apparatus, and a screw. The frame includes an upper surface portion opposite to the top surface portion, a front surface portion provided at a front side with respect to the upper surface portion, and a back surface portion provided at a back side with respect to the upper surface portion and provided with a through-hole. The top plate cover includes a first mounting portion fixed to the front surface portion, and a second mounting portion provided at a back side with respect to the first mounting portion and inserted into the through-hole. The screw is inserted in a front-back direction to fix the front surface portion of the frame and the first mounting portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220345577A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-10-27
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