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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takao Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of one or more embodiments may include: an image forming part that forms an image; a housing that houses the image forming part and includes an inner wall surface; and a cover attached to the housing so as to be movable between a position close to the housing and a position away from the housing. The cover includes a liquid receiver that receives a liquid getting into the housing, and the liquid receiver is adjacent to the inner wall surface in the state where the cover is close to the housing.