Arrangement of operation unit in image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHIROFUMI HORI
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Abstract
A supporting member supports an image reading device. The image reading device is movable between a first position at which a front side of the image reading device is close to an image forming unit and a second position at which a front side of the image reading device is spaced apart from the image forming unit. A first end portion of an operation unit protrudes outward of the image forming unit from one side surface. A second end portion of the operation unit that opposes the first end portion is positioned on an inner side of the image forming unit relative to one side surface of the image forming unit.
Claims1
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image reading device that reads a document;
- an image forming unit that is provided below the image reading device, and forms a toner image on a sheet;
- a supporting portion that is provided between the image reading device and the image forming unit in a height direction of the image forming apparatus, and supports the image reading device disposed above the image forming unit;
- a stacking portion on which the sheet is stacked, the stacking portion being provided between the image reading device and the image forming unit in the height direction and being disposed adjacent to the supporting member in a width direction orthogonal to the height direction, the stacking portion including a first stacking end and a second stacking end in the width direction;
- a discharge unit that is provided in the image forming unit, and is configured to discharge the sheet to the stacking portion in a direction from a rear side of the image forming apparatus to a front side of the image forming apparatus in a depth direction which is orthogonal to both the height direction and the width direction;
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- an operation portion that is configured to accept input for operating at least one of the image forming unit and the image reading device, and is supported by the image reading device, on a side of the front side of the image forming apparatus in the depth direction,
- wherein a first end surface of the operation portion in the width direction is provided outside of one side surface of the image forming unit in the width direction, and
- wherein a second end surface of the operation portion that opposes the first end surface of the operation portion in the width direction is provided between the
- first stacking end and the second stacking end in the width direction, exclusive of the positions of the first and second stacking ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.