Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorEiji Wakiyama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first opening and closing device provided in an apparatus body and openable and closable with respect to the apparatus body, an operating member operable by a user to open the first opening and closing device, a first recess for receiving the hand of the user and to permit the hand to contact and operate the operating member to open the first opening and closing device, and a second recess for receiving the hand of the user and to permit the hand to contact and operate the operating member to open the first opening and closing device when the hand of the user is inserted thereinto. The second recess is located at a position different from the first recess.
Claims19
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming device provided in an apparatus body of said image forming apparatus and configured to form an image on recording material;
- a first opening and closing device provided in the apparatus body and configured to be opened and closed with respect to the apparatus body;
- an operating member operable by a user and configured to open said first opening and closing device in response to the user operating said operating member;
- a first recess configured to receive the hand of the user and to permit the hand of the user to contact and operate said operating member to open said first opening and closing device with respect to the apparatus body after the hand of the user is inserted thereinto;
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- a second recess configured to receive the hand of the user and to permit the hand of the user to contact and operate said operating member to open said first opening and closing device with respect to the apparatus body after the hand of the user is inserted thereinto, said second recess being located at a position different from said first recess.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image on recording material, said image forming means being provided in an apparatus body of said image forming apparatus;
- first opening and closing means for opening and closing with respect to the apparatus body;
- manual operating means, operable by a user, for opening said first opening and closing means with respect to the apparatus body in response to the user operating said manual operating means;
- first receiving means for receiving the hand of the user and for permitting the hand of the user to contact and operate said manual operating means to open said first opening and closing means with respect to the apparatus body after the hand of the user is inserted thereinto;
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- second receiving means for receiving the hand of the user and for permitting the hand of the user to contact and operate said manual operating means to open said first opening and closing means with respect to the apparatus body after the hand of the user is inserted thereinto,
- said second receiving means being located at a position different from said first receiving means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.