Image forming apparatus having metal bracket attached to frame
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasamitsu Ukai, Saya Minoshima
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a main body including a first discharge tray configured to receive a sheet conveyed out from the image forming unit, and a resin frame, the main body being configured to support a sheet discharge unit attached thereto, the sheet discharge unit including a second discharge tray configured to receive a sheet conveyed out of the main body through the image forming unit, and an insertion member, a metal bracket attached to the frame, the bracket having an opening into which the insertion member of the sheet discharge unit is inserted when the sheet discharge unit is attached to the main body.
Claims25
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit;
- a main body comprising:
- a first discharge tray configured to receive a sheet conveyed out from the image forming unit;
- and
- a resin frame comprising a placement portion configured to support a sheet discharge unit placed thereon, the sheet discharge unit comprising:
- a second discharge tray configured to receive a sheet conveyed out of the main body through the image forming unit;
- and
- an insertion member;
- a metal bracket attached to the placement portion of the frame, the bracket having an opening into which the insertion member of the sheet discharge unit is inserted when the sheet discharge unit is attached to the main body.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit;
- a main body comprising:
- a first discharge tray configured to receive a sheet conveyed out from the image forming unit;
- and
- a frame made of a first material comprising a placement portion configured to support a sheet discharge unit placed thereon, the sheet discharge unit comprising:
- a second discharge tray configured to receive a sheet conveyed out of the main body through the image forming unit;
- and
- an insertion member;
- a bracket attached to the placement portion of the frame, the bracket having an opening into which the insertion member is inserted when the sheet discharge unit is attached to the main body, the bracket being made of a second material having a higher stiffness than the first material of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.