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US 7,454,155 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus having foot portions coupled to a bottom surface thereof
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiya Tomatsu
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a pair of first foot portions which is disposed close to one side of a bottom surface of the apparatus body and has a first distance therebetween, and a pair of second foot portions which is disposed close to another side of the bottom surface and has a second distance therebetween, the second distance being shorter than the first distance, wherein the pair of second foot portions is attached to the apparatus body via a resilient member, the resilient member being vertically deformable.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body including body frame disposed therein, the body frame having a pair of sidewalls;
- a process unit which has an image carrier and is configured to be mounted to or demounted from the apparatus body;
- a pair of first foot portions coupled to one side of a bottom surface of the apparatus body and having a first distance therebetween;
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- a pair of second foot portions which is coupled to another side of the bottom surface and having a second distance therebetween, the second distance being shorter than the first distance,
- wherein the pair of second foot portions is coupled to the apparatus body via a resilient member, the resilient member being vertically deformable and bridging the sidewalls.
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