Multi-function apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMariko Uchida, Yusuke Ikegami
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Abstract
A multi-function apparatus employs an in-body sheet discharge type configuration. The image forming device includes a front door and a multi-purpose tray. The front door is movable between a closed position set along a side surface at one side of a case of the image forming device and an opened position opened at the one side with respect to the side surface. The front door has an opening formed therein. The multi-purpose tray is provided to be selectively located at a non-use state at which the multi-purpose tray closes the opening and an in-use position at which the multi-purpose tray opens the opening. When the front door is located at the closed position and the multi-purpose tray is located at the non-use position, an upper end surface of the multi-purpose tray is exposed upward.
Claims13
A multi-function apparatus comprising:
- an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet;
- an image reading device configured to read an image from an original document, the image reading device being disposed at a position above the image forming device;
- and
- an output tray configured to receive a sheet ejected from the image forming device, the output tray being disposed at a position between the image forming device and the image reading device,
- wherein the image forming device includes:
- a case having a first opening on a side surface;
- a door having a second opening that allows a sheet to pass through, the door being configured to be selectively located at
- a closed position at which the door closes the first opening and
- an opened position at which the door opens the first opening;
- and
- a sheet tray configured to be selectively located at
- a non-use position at which the sheet tray closes the second opening and
- an in-use position at which the sheet tray opens the second opening and the sheet tray supports a sheet, and
- wherein a top surface of the sheet tray is exposed upward in a state where the door is located at the closed position and the sheet tray is located at the non-use position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.