Auxiliary machine supporting structure for image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshiaki Murayama, Kazumi Umezawa
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Abstract
A device for separably supporting an auxiliary machine to an image forming apparatus, including supporting structure for supporting the auxiliary machine and for allowing the auxiliary machine to move up and down between an operative position wherein the auxiliary machine is cooperable with the image forming machine and a retracted position wherein said auxiliary machine is retracted from the operative position, and means for retaining the auxiliary machine at the operative position.
Claims18
A device for separably supporting an auxiliary means to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- supporting means for supporting the auxiliary means and for allowing the auxiliary means to move up and down between an operative position wherein the auxiliary means is cooperable with the image forming apparatus and a retracted position wherein said auxiliary means is retracted from the operative position;
- and
- means for retaining the auxiliary means at the operative position.
A device for separably supporting an auxiliary means to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- quadric link means for supporting the auxiliary means and for allowing the auxiliary means to move up and down between an operative position wherein the auxiliary means is cooperable with the image forming apparatus and a retracted position wherein said auxiliary means is retracted from the operative position;
- and
- means for retaining the auxiliary means at the operative position.
A device for separably supporting an assembly to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- supporting means for supporting the assembly and for allowing the assembly to move up and down between an operative position wherein the assembly is cooperable with the image forming apparatus and a retracted position wherein said assembly is retracted from the operative position;
- and
- means for retaining the assembly at the operative position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.