Invention Grant
US08886082B2 Image forming apparatus having scanning unit stably supported to main casing
有权
具有稳定地支撑在主壳体上的扫描单元的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having scanning unit stably supported to main casing
- Patent Title (中): 具有稳定地支撑在主壳体上的扫描单元的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13669105Application Date: 2012-11-05
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Publication No.: US08886082B2Publication Date: 2014-11-11
- Inventor: Kazuyuki Inoue
- Applicant: Kazuyuki Inoue
- 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: JP2011-254921 20111122
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a body frame accommodating an image forming unit; and a support frame supporting an image reading unit and disposed to confront the body frame in a confronting direction, the support frame having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to the confronting direction. The support frame includes: first and second engaging portions provided at the first and second end portions respectively; and a pair of grip portions. The body frame has a first edge portion and a second edge portion opposite to each other in the first direction, the body frame including: a first engaged portion provided at the first edge portion and engageable with the first engaging portion; and a second engaged portion provided at the second edge portion and engageable with the second engaging portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130129379A1 Image Forming Apparatus Having Scanning Unit Stably Supported to Main Casing Public/Granted day:2013-05-23
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