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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroki Morishita, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 15/16 (2013.01); G03G 21/1619 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1642 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1654 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, an upper unit, and a moving mechanism. The main body includes an image forming section. The image forming section forms an image on paper. The upper unit is disposed in an upper portion of the main body. The moving mechanism moves the upper unit to a first position and to a second position. The first position of the upper unit is above a position of the image forming section in the upper portion of the main body. The second position of the upper unit is in the upper portion of the main body and is different from the first position.