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US08107852B2 Image forming apparatus including image reading unit with contacting portions which contact contacted portions when closing the image reading unit 有权
图像形成装置包括图像读取单元,其具有在关闭图像读取单元时接触接触部分的接触部分

  • Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including image reading unit with contacting portions which contact contacted portions when closing the image reading unit
  • Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置包括图像读取单元,其具有在关闭图像读取单元时接触接触部分的接触部分
  • Application No.: US11924710
    Application Date: 2007-10-26
  • Publication No.: US08107852B2
    Publication Date: 2012-01-31
  • Inventor: Sakae Ito
  • Applicant: Sakae Ito
  • Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
  • Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
  • Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
  • Priority: JP2006-291393 20061026
  • Main IPC: G03G15/00
  • IPC: G03G15/00
Image forming apparatus including image reading unit with contacting portions which contact contacted portions when closing the image reading unit
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and an image reading unit. The image forming unit may include a receiving portion disposed above an image forming part, and a pair of contacted portions disposed on opposite sides on the image forming part. The image reading unit may be disposed above the image forming unit and configured to open to expose the receiving portion and configured to close to cover the receiving portion. The image reading unit may include a pair of contacting portions disposed on opposite sides of an image reading portion, extending downward toward the image forming unit, and being configured to contact the contacted portions when the image reading unit is closed, and a first gripping portion horizontally protruding from the image reading portion and extending toward its opposite sides.
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