US 12,222,670 B2Granted

Image forming apparatus

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorRyuji Hamasaki

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Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes the following: an image forming portion; a first metal side plate and a second metal side plate provided opposite each other with respect to the image forming portion; an antenna for communicating with external equipment; a housing including a top cover that is provided above the first metal side plate and the second metal side plate in a vertical direction, and a side cover that is provided on an outer side opposite to an inner side where the image forming portion is provided with respect to the first metal side plate, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes a support member provided on the first metal side plate, the support member including a housing support portion that supports at least one of the top cover and the side cover, and an antenna support portion that supports the antenna.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming portion configured to form an image on a recording material;
a first metal side plate and a second metal side plate provided opposite each other with respect to the image forming portion, the first metal side plate and the second metal side plate extending in an extension direction;
an antenna unit including an antenna for communicating with external equipment, and a substrate on which the antenna is provided;
a housing including a top cover provided above the first metal side plate and the second metal side plate in a vertical direction;
and
a support member provided on the first metal side plate, and the support member including (i) an antenna support portion supporting the substrate so that a lowermost end of the substrate is positioned higher than an uppermost end of the first metal side plate in a vertical direction, and (ii) a first support portion configured to support the top cover so that the top cover is away from the antenna unit.

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Facts

Application: 18/500,551Filed 2 Nov 2023 · continuation
Priority: JP 2021-20577520 Dec 2021
Published: US 2024/0069486 A129 Feb 2024
Granted: 11 Feb 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G03G 21/1619
Arrangement or disposition of the entire apparatus: frame structures
G03G 15/5075
Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode…:…
G03G 21/1642
Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements: for connecting the different parts of the apparatus
G03G 21/1647
For connecting the different parts of the apparatus: mechanical connection means

Family

Application18/064,409Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2022
US 2024/0069486 A1Pre-grant publication · published 29 Feb 2024
US 11,841,670 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2023/0195018 A1Published application
US 12,222,670 B2This patent

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