Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki Kakitani
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus forming an image on a sheet, including: an exterior member movable with respect to an apparatus main body; a locking portion locking the exterior member to the apparatus main body such that the exterior member is not moved with respect to the apparatus main body; a display portion which is disposed on the exterior member and displays a state of the locking portion; and a light source turning on the display portion, in which the display portion includes a thin portion which is a part of the exterior member, has a thickness less than thicknesses of other portions of the exterior member, and transmits light from the light source.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus forming an image on a sheet, the apparatus comprising:
- an exterior member movable with respect to an apparatus main body;
- a locking portion which locks the exterior member to the apparatus main body such that the exterior member is not moved with respect to the apparatus main body;
- a display portion which is disposed on the exterior member and displays a state of the locking portion;
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- a light source which turns on the display portion,
- wherein the display portion includes a thin portion which is a part of the exterior member, has a thickness less than thicknesses of other portions of the exterior member, and transmits light from the light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.