Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTAKAO NADA, YUJI MITSUI
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly frame including a first frame and a second frame opposing the first frame, an image reader provided above the main assembly frame; an image processing board and a fan for cooling inside the image forming apparatus. A side of a space for accommodating a photosensitive drum to the first frame is an inside of the first frame and a side opposite to the side of the space to the first frame is an outside of the first frame. The image processing board is in the outside of the first frame. A part of the image processing board is above an upper end of the first frame and below a lower end of the image reader. At least a part of the fun is above the upper end of the first frame and below the lower end of the image reader.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a photosensitive drum;
- a main assembly frame including a first frame and a second frame opposing the first frame, and configured to form a space for accommodating the photosensitive drum;
- an image reading unit provided above the main assembly frame;
- an image data processing board configured to process at least an image data read by the image reading unit;
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- a fan configured to cool inside the image forming apparatus,
- wherein a side of the space to the first frame is an inside of the first frame and a side opposite to the side of the space to the first frame is an outside of the first frame,
- wherein the image data processing board is positioned at the outside of the first frame,
- wherein a part of the image data processing board is above an upper end of the first frame and below a lower end of the image reading unit, and
- wherein at least a part of the fan is above the upper end of the first frame and below the lower end of the image reading unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.