Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiyuki Nakayama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet, a rotating unit disposed above the apparatus body and rotatably supported around a first rotary shaft with respect to the apparatus body, and a cover portion rotatably supported around a second rotary shaft extending in parallel to the first rotary shaft with respect to the apparatus body. The rotating unit and the cover portion are opened from a front side of the image forming apparatus to a rear side of the image forming apparatus. The second rotary shaft is disposed on the rear side of the first rotary shaft.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body including an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a rotating unit disposed above the apparatus body and rotatably supported around a first rotary shaft with respect to the apparatus body;
- and
- a cover portion rotatably supported around a second rotary shaft extending parallel to the first rotary shaft with respect to the apparatus body, the cover portion forming at least a part of an upper surface of the apparatus body in a closed state and causing an inside of the apparatus body to be exposed in an open state,
- wherein the rotating unit and the cover portion are opened from a front side of the image forming apparatus to a rear side of the image forming apparatus, and
- wherein the second rotary shaft is disposed on the rear side of the first rotary shaft.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit including a cover portion and configured to form an image on a sheet;
- and
- a reading unit disposed above the image forming unit and configured to read an image from a document,
- wherein the reading unit is configured to be rotatable about a first axis such that a first end, in a first direction, of the reading unit moves upward, the first direction being vertical to the first axis and horizontal,
- wherein the cover portion is configured to be rotatable about a second axis such that a second end, in the first direction, of the cover portion moves upward, the second axis being parallel to the first axis, and
- wherein the first axis is offset in the first direction with respect to the second axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.