Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operation panel structure
- Patent Title (中): 操作面板结构
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Application No.: US11830071Application Date: 2007-07-30
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Publication No.: US08111240B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Kenji Sawada , Akihiro Nishida
- Applicant: Kenji Sawada , Akihiro Nishida
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2006-319521 20061128
- Main IPC: G09G5/00
- IPC: G09G5/00 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/12

Abstract:
An operation panel structure for an image forming apparatus, said operation panel, structure having an operation panel protruding from a front side of the image forming apparatus. The operation panel has a first section mainly functioning as a display and a second section mainly having operation keys, and the first section and the second section are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the width direction of the image forming apparatus at respective specified angles to a horizontal plane. The second section is located in front of the first section. The first section is rectangular in a plan view, and the second section is substantially semicircular in a plan view. A front edge of the first section and a rear linear edge of the second section are connected to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080123131A1 Operation Panel Structure Public/Granted day:2008-05-29
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