Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Ishida, Goro Katsuyama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a wall face of the apparatus body having an ejection opening from which a sheet conveyed in a first direction is ejected, a sheet support to support the sheet discharged from the discharge opening in the first direction, and a mount to mount the sheet support to the apparatus body. The mount includes an abutting portion including an abutting face that contacts a wall face of the apparatus body, and a projection projecting in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the abutting face. The abutting face extends in a vertically downward direction from the projection, and the projection is fixed to the apparatus body in a vertical direction.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an apparatus body including,
- an upper-face frame having a horizontal plane disposed on an upper side of the apparatus body, and
- a vertical wall face having an ejection opening from which a sheet conveyed in a first horizontal direction is ejected;
- a sheet support configured to support the sheet ejected from the ejection opening in the first horizontal direction;
- a cover above the sheet support to cover the sheet support;
- and
- a mount configured to mount the sheet support to the apparatus body, the mount including,
- an abutting portion including a vertical abutting face that contacts the vertical wall face of the apparatus body, and
- a projection projecting in a second horizontal direction opposite to the first horizontal direction from the vertical abutting face,
- wherein the vertical abutting face extends in a vertically downward direction from the projection, and
- wherein the projection is configured to affix on the upper-face frame of the apparatus body in a substantially vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.