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US 6,788,321 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus including holding member
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomoyuki Araki, Tamotsu Kaneko, Hideyuki Miyamoto
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a scanning unit emitting a laser beam, and an openable and closable member openable and closable relative to an image forming apparatus main body, and the openable and closable member has a positioning portion for positioning the scanning unit. Thereby, the scanning unit can be accurately positioned in the image forming apparatus main body.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a scanning unit for emitting a laser beam;
- and
- an openable and closable member for opening and closing relative to a main body of the image forming apparatus, said openable and closable member including a positioning portion for positioning said scanning unit;
- and
- a holding member for temporarily holding said scanning unit when said openable and closable member is opened.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a scanning unit for emitting a laser beam;
- an openable and closable member for opening and closing relative to a main body of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a holding member for temporarily holding said scanning unit when said openable and closable member is opened,
- wherein said scanning unit disengages from a holding portion of said holding member and is positioned when said openable and closable member is closed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.