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, the image forming device including:
- a case having an opening;
- a front door being movable between a closed position at which the opening is closed by the front door and an opened position at which the opening is not closed by the front door;
- a multi-purpose tray being pivotable about an axis extending in a first direction between a non-use position and an in-use position at which the multi-purpose tray is configured to support a sheet and being extendable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the multi-purpose tray including:
- a cover tray including a shaft part supported by the case so that the cover tray is pivotable about the shaft part;
- a positioning tray being stacked over the cover tray with a gap formed between the cover tray and the positioning tray;
- a first slide tray supported by the cover tray to be slidable with respect to the cover tray in the second direction;
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- a second slide tray supported by the first slide tray to be slidable with respect to the first slide tray in the second direction;
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- an output tray configured to receive the sheet ejected from the image forming device;
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- an image reading device configured to read an image from an original document, the image reading device being disposed at a position above the output tray,
- wherein, in a case where the front door is located at the closed position and the multi-purpose tray is located at the non-use position, at least a part of the front door is disposed between the case and the multi-purpose tray.
A multi-function apparatus comprising:
- an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet, the image forming device including:
- a case having an opening;
- a front door being movable between a closed position at which the opening is closed by the front door and an opened position at which the opening is not closed by the front door;
- a multi-purpose tray being pivotable about an axis extending in a first direction between a non-use position and an in-use position at which the multi-purpose tray is configured to support a sheet and being extendable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the multi-purpose tray including:
- a cover tray including a shaft part supported by the case so that the cover tray is pivotable about the shaft part;
- a first slide tray supported by the cover tray to be slidable with respect to the cover tray in the second direction;
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- a second slide tray supported by the first slide tray to be slidable with respect to the first slide tray in the second direction;
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- an output tray configured to receive the sheet ejected from the image forming device;
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- an image reading device configured to read an image from an original document, the image reading device being disposed at a position above the output tray,
- wherein, in a case where the front door is located at the closed position and the multi-purpose tray is located at the non-use position, at least a part of the front door is disposed between the case and the multi-purpose tray,
- wherein the second slide tray includes a turning tray;
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- wherein the turning tray is turnably supported by the second slide tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.