Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a handle with a protrusive part and a convex part to cover the protrusive part
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Application No.: US14924797Application Date: 2015-10-28
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Publication No.: US09639052B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Atsushi Miwa , Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- 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: JP2014-223001 20141031
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet in an electro-photographic method and detachably attached to a body of the image forming apparatus; a chassis configured to accommodate the image forming unit and including an opening portion, through which the image forming unit is detachably attached to the body; a handle arranged in the image forming unit to protrude at least partly through the opening portion when the image forming unit is attached to the body; and a cover movable between a closed position, in which the opening portion is closed, and an open position, in which the opening portion is exposed, the cover including a protrusion cover configured to cover a protrusive part of the handle protruded through the opening portion when the cover is in the closed position, is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160124380A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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