US 2018/0034986 A1 · IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Abstract

There is provided an image forming apparatus including a scanner unit configured to be openable on an apparatus front side with respect to a printer unit due to a first hinge portion on an apparatus rear side, a cover to cover a feed port configured to be openable due to a second hinge portion on the apparatus front side of the feed port, wherein a rotation axis of the first hinge portion is positioned on the apparatus rear side of a rotation axis of the second hinge portion in an apparatus depth direction. Interlocking with an operation to open the scanner unit, the cover moves while a portion thereof is in contact with a surface of the paper feed tray or the sheet placed thereon to open the cover in an interlocking manner.

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Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

a printer unit;
a scanner unit provided above the printer unit and configured to read a document, the scanner unit being openable from the apparatus front side with respect to the printer unit due to a first hinge portion on the apparatus rear side, opposite to the front side;
a paper feed tray on which a sheet used by the printer unit is placed, the paper feed tray being arranged at an angle with respect to the printer unit and communicable with a feed port to feed the sheet stacked thereon from the feed port to the printer unit;
and
a cover provided to be openable with respect to the feed port, the cover being openable on the apparatus rear side due to a second hinge portion different from the first hinge portion,
wherein the second hinge portion is provided in the scanner unit so as to be positioned on the apparatus front side of the first hinge portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Image forming apparatus

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Image forming apparatus

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Abstract

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