Image forming apparatus with a plurality of units operatively connected together
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMasaaki Kabumoto, Kazuyoshi Yamada
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus with a plurality of units operatively connected together is disclosed. A main power switch is mounted on one side wall of a copier body unit while a paper discharge unit next to the copier body unit is formed with a recess facing the main power switch. The recess defines an opening only great enough for a person to touch the main power switch with a fingertip. Even when the different units are combined without any clearance therebetween, the main power switch can be operated via the above opening. In addition, the main power switch is not easily visible and can therefore be prevented from being inadvertently turned off.
Claims22
An image forming apparatus having a plurality of units operatively connected together, comprising:
- a first unit as a multiplex machine having a plurality of functions and provided with hand operable means arranged on one side wall and adjacent to a front wall of said first unit;
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- a second unit arranged adjacent to said first unit, said second unit having a recess formed in a side wall of said second unit adjoining said one side wall of said first unit to render said hand operable means accessible from an outside of said image forming apparatus and cover said hand operable means.
An image forming apparatus having a plurality of units operatively connected together, comprising:
- a first unit as a multiplex machine having a plurality of functions and provided with hand operable means arranged on one side wall and adjacent to a front wall of said first unit;
- a second unit arranged adjacent to said first unit, said second unit having a recess with an openable cover formed in a side wall of said second unit adjoining said one side wall of said first unit to render said hand operable means accessible from an outside of said image forming apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.