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US 2006/0133840 A1Published application
Operation panel and image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenzo Yoshida, Fumikazu Shimanuki, Yukio Kanaoka
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Abstract
An operation panel includes a panel surface, a key mounting surface, and a key. The panel surface is exposed to outside of a main apparatus. The key mounting surface is recessed by a predetermined length from the panel surface. The key is mounted on the key mounting surface to protrude beyond the key mounting surface by a length shorter than the predetermined length and configured to set the main apparatus to perform a predetermined operation based on a function previously assigned thereto when depressed.
Claims4
An operation panel comprising:
- a panel surface exposed to outside of a main apparatus;
- a key mounting surface recessed by a predetermined length from the panel surface;
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- a key mounted on the key mounting surface to protrude beyond the key mounting surface by a length shorter than the predetermined length and configured to set the main apparatus to perform a predetermined operation based on a function previously assigned thereto when depressed.
1 more element
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a platen having an upper surface for a document to be placed thereon;
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- an operation panel including:
- a panel surface exposed to outside of an apparatus body and substantially flush with the upper surface of the platen;
- a key mounting surface recessed by a predetermined length from the panel surface;
- and
- a key mounted on the key mounting surface to protrude beyond the key mounting surface by a length shorter than the predetermined length and configured to set the apparatus body to perform a predetermined operation based on a function previously assigned thereto when depressed.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.