Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Kuwata, Makoto Izumi
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Abstract
A mounting relief portion for mounting a duplex unit on an image forming apparatus main body is provided in an exterior cover pivotally movably provided on the image forming apparatus main body, and capable of opening and closing a sheet conveying path for conveying a sheet fixed by a fixing device, and this mounting relief portion is shaped so as not to contact with a protrusion of the duplex unit mounted on the image forming apparatus main body when the exterior cover is opened.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus having an image forming portion which forms an image on a sheet, said image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sheet conveying path, which guides the sheet on which the image has been formed by said image forming portion to a discharge portion;
- an exterior cover, which is pivotally movably provided on said image forming apparatus main body, and opens and closes said sheet conveying path;
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- a duplex unit, which is provided with a duplex conveying path, which guides the sheet again to said image forming portion to form an image on a second side of the sheet having the image formed on a first side thereof, said duplex unit being detachably mounted on said image forming apparatus main body from a side of said exterior cover, and said duplex unit having a protrusion protruding outwardly from an exterior surface of said exterior cover when said duplex unit has been mounted on said image forming apparatus main body,
- wherein said exterior cover is formed with a mounting relief portion for mounting said duplex unit on said image forming apparatus main body, and said mounting relief portion is shaped so as not to contact with said protrusion of said duplex unit when said exterior cover is opened.
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