Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKo Katahira
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion and a post-processing portion, a first frame, a second frame and a connection member. The first frame includes a first section for supporting a photosensitive member and a second section bent from a bottom end of the first section. The second frame, to which an electronic circuit board is attached, supported by the second section of the first frame without being fixed to the first section of the first frame. The connection member is connected with the second frame and a third frame which is a frame of the post-processing portion.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus provided with an image forming portion configured to form an image by transferring a toner image formed on a surface of a photosensitive member to a sheet, and a post-processing portion, provided on a top side of said image forming portion, configured to perform a binding operation to the sheet on which the image is formed by said image forming portion, said image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first frame including a first section configured to support said photosensitive member and a second section bent from a bottom end of said first section;
- a second frame, to which an electronic circuit board is attached, supported by said second section of said first frame without being fixed to said first section of said first frame;
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- a connection member configured to be connected with said second frame and a third frame which is a frame of said post-processing portion.
An image forming apparatus provided with an image forming portion configured to form an image by transferring a toner image formed on a surface of a photosensitive member to a sheet, and an image reading portion, provided on a top side of said image forming portion, configured to read an image of an original, said image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first frame including a first section configured to support said photosensitive member and a second section bent from a bottom end of said first section;
- a second frame, to which an electronic circuit board is attached, supported by said second section of said first frame without being fixed to said first section of said first frame;
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- a connection member configured to be connected with said second frame and a third frame which is a frame of said image reading portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.