# US 11,909,930 B2 · Processing apparatus including a mount on which an object is placed, and image forming apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,930 B2 - Document ID: US11909930B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/047,651 - Filed: 2022-10-19 - Published: 2023-10-05 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-31 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation - Applicants: Fujifilm Corporation - Inventors: Takuma Ayabe; Tsutomu Shiihara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909930B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00559: {Mounting or support of components or elements (H04N1/00538 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/00408: {Display of information to the user, e.g. menus} - H04N 1/00493: {Particular location of the interface or console} - H04N 1/00496: {Constructional details of the interface or console not otherwise provided for, e.g. rotating or tilting means} - H04N 1/00557: {Connection or assembly of components or elements (H04N1/00538 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/00824: {for displaying or indicating, e.g. a condition or state (details of displaying or indicating means H04N1/00405)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A processing apparatus includes a mount on which an object is placed and a support member that is provided on an upper surface of the mount and that supports a supported unit that provides at least one of an operation and a display regarding a process, the support member including a protruding portion that protrudes outward at a lower end of the support member and having a rod shape formed by joining plural members adjacent to each other in a direction along the upper surface, the protruding portion being embedded below the upper surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A processing apparatus comprising: a mount on which an object is placed; a support member that is provided on an upper surface of the mount and that supports a supported unit that provides at least one of an operation and a display regarding a process, the support member including a protruding portion that protrudes outward at a lower end of the support member and having a rod shape formed by joining a plurality of members adjacent to each other in a direction along the upper surface, the protruding portion being embedded below the upper surface; an apparatus body; and a reading unit that is disposed above the apparatus body and that reads an image on a document while transporting the document, wherein the mount is disposed on a first side of the apparatus body in a left-right direction, wherein the reading unit is provided with an openable portion that opens by moving toward the support member, and wherein the support member is disposed on the mount at a position such that the openable portion in an open state does not interfere with the support member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upper edge of an outer peripheral portion of the protruding portion is positioned at or below a height of the upper surface of the mount. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a height of the upper edge of the outer peripheral portion of the protruding portion is even with the height of the upper surface of the mount. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the openable portion opens by rotating toward the support member about a shaft provided on a portion of the reading unit at the first side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising the supported unit disposed at a position such that the openable portion in the open state does not interfere with the supported unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising the supported unit disposed at a position such that the openable portion in the open state does not interfere with the supported unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the openable portion opens by rotating toward the support member about a shaft provided on a portion of the reading unit at the first side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising the supported unit disposed at a position such that the openable portion in the open state does not interfere with the supported unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising the supported unit disposed at a position such that the openable portion in the open state does not interfere with the supported unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a distance from a front end of an inner peripheral portion of the protruding portion to a front end of the mount is greater than ½ of a minimum width of a sheet size most frequently used in the processing apparatus. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the openable portion opens by rotating toward the support member about a shaft provided on a portion of the reading unit at the first side. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The processing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising the supported unit disposed at a position such that the openable portion in the open state does not interfere with the supported unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the supported unit disposed at a position such that the openable portion in the open state does not interfere with the supported unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus body; a reading unit that is disposed above the apparatus body and that reads an image on a document while transporting the document; a supported unit that is disposed on a first side of the reading unit in a left-right direction; a document receiver that is provided on a portion of the reading unit at a second side in the left-right direction and that receives the document; a clip receiver that is provided on the apparatus body at a position on the second side of the document receiver and that receives a clip; and an output unit that is provided on the apparatus body at a position on the second side of the clip receiver and to which a recording medium on which an image is formed is output from the apparatus body, wherein the image forming apparatus serves as the processing apparatus according to claim 1. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The image forming apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the image forming apparatus has an insertion slot into which a terminal is inserted, wherein the clip receiver and the insertion slot are arranged next to each other in the left-right direction in one recess, and wherein an end portion of the recess at the second side is disposed on the second side of an end portion of the document receiver at the second side. ### Claim 16 A processing apparatus comprising: a mount on which an object is placed; and a support member that is provided on an upper surface of the mount and that supports a supported unit that provides at least one of an operation and a display regarding a process, the support member including a protruding portion that protrudes outward at a lower end of the support member and having a rod shape formed by joining a plurality of members adjacent to each other in a direction along the upper surface, the protruding portion being embedded below the upper surface; wherein a distance from a front end of an inner peripheral portion of the protruding portion to a front end of the mount is greater than ½ of a minimum width of a sheet size most frequently used in the processing apparatus. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the distance is ¾ or more of the minimum width of the sheet size.