Image forming apparatus
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorsHidetada NAKAHARA, Atsushi FUKUMURA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body portion having on an upper surface thereof a platen glass on which a document is placed, a pressing plate portion openable/closable with respect to the upper surface of the main body portion, and an operation unit enabling performance of an open/close operation of the pressing plate portion by hand. The operation unit includes a first operation concave portion formed on the pressing plate portion side and a second operation concave portion formed on the main body portion side; and the first operation concave portion and the second operation concave portion are combined to form one opening when the pressing plate portion is closed.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body portion having on an upper surface thereof a document placing surface on which a document is placed;
- a pressing plate portion arranged to be openable/closable with respect to the upper surface of the main body portion;
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- an operation unit arranged to enable performance of an open/close operation of the pressing plate portion by hand, including a first operation concave portion located on the pressing plate portion side and a second operation concave portion located on the main body portion side;
- wherein
- the first operation concave portion and the second operation concave portion are combined to define one opening when the pressing plate portion is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.