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US 7,065,311 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasushi Okabe
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Abstract
A cassette with cover is made up of a holding portion that contains sheets and a cover portion that serves as a cosmetic plate at the front of a laser printer and covers an opening of a storing portion for a process cartridge. The holding portion is supported at a bottom of a main body such as to move in a front-to-back direction, and the cover portion is separated from the main body along with the cassette portion. Thus, the opening of the storing portion for the process cartridge is opened or closed with the movement of the cover portion.
Claims54
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body with a first opening and a second opening;
- an accommodating portion formed at the main body, wherein the first opening is in communication with the accommodating portion;
- an exchange unit that is detachably attached to the accommodating portion through the first opening;
- a cassette accommodating portion formed at the main body, wherein the second opening is in communication with the cassette accommodating portion;
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- a cassette that is accommodated at the cassette accommodating portion and is movable relative to the main body between a first position and a second position, wherein the cassette further comprises:
- a holding portion that holds a recording medium therein;
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- a cover portion that conceals the first opening when the cassette is at the first position.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body with a first opening and a second opening;
- a process cartridge that is detachably attached to the main body and that passes through the first opening;
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- a cassette that is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the second opening of the main body, wherein an outer wall of the cassette conceals the first opening when the cassette is at the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.