US 8,938,182 B2 · Stand of image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same

Abstract

A stand of the image forming apparatus includes at least one plate unit including a first plate member which includes a first surface unit which forms an external appearance and a first bent unit which is provided to at least one of the opposite end parts of the first surface unit, and a second plate member which includes a second surface unit and a second bent unit which is provided to at least one of the opposite end parts of the second surface unit, and is capable of being inserted into the first plate member, at least one of the first bent unit and the second bent unit being bent so that each bending direction thereof may start from at least one of the first surface unit and the second surface unit, and then bend toward at least one of the first surface unit and the second surface.

Claims25

Dependent claims

A stand of an image forming apparatus, the stand comprising:

an upper plate unit comprising:
a first plate member;
and
a second plate member capable of being slidably inserted into the first plate member, a first dimension of the stand being determined by a relative position of the first plate member and the second plate member, and at least one of the first plate member and the second plate member being adjustable to determine a second dimension of the stand different from the first dimension and corresponding to a height of the stand;
and
a lower plate unit capable of being slidably inserted into the upper plate unit, the second dimension of the stand being determined by a relative position of the upper plate unit and the lower plate unit.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/497,815Filed 6 Jul 2009

Priority

KR 10-2008-007021718 Jul 2008

Published

US 2010/0014886 A121 Jan 2010

Granted

20 Jan 2015

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G03G 21/1619
Arrangement or disposition of the entire apparatus: frame structures
G03G 21/16
Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge: mechanical means for facilitating…
G03G 2215/00012
Handling of entire apparatus: upright positioning as well as horizontal positioning for image forming
G03G 2221/1678
Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements and complete machine concepts: frame structures

Stand of image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same

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Stand of image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same

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Abstract

Claims25