Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17858909Application Date: 2022-07-06
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Publication No.: US12180026B2Publication Date: 2024-12-31
- Inventor: Masaki Sato
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2021-114435 20210709
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; B65H31/02 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body and a moveable unit. The apparatus body includes an image forming device and a restriction portion. The moveable unit includes an image reading device and is detachably attached to the apparatus body. The moveable unit is opened and closed with respect to the apparatus body by rotation about a rotation shaft when the moveable unit is attached to the apparatus body. The moveable unit is attached to and detached from the apparatus body by moving in an axial direction of the rotation shaft. The moveable unit further includes a restricted portion that engages with the restriction portion that restricts a movement of the moveable unit in the axial direction. The restriction portion or the restricted portion further includes a deformation portion having elasticity. The deformation portion is deformed so that the moveable unit is attached to and detached from the apparatus body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230010017A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-01-12
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