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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A metal frame of an image forming apparatus includes first and second spaced-apart supports which together support an image forming unit of the image forming apparatus. The second support includes first and second metal sheets wherein the first sheet metal includes a first flat surface portion in which a through-hole is formed and a bent and raised portion which is bent and raised from the first flat surface portion at a position adjacent to the through-hole, and wherein the second sheet metal is supported to the first sheet metal and includes a second flat surface portion which is sandwiched between the first flat surface portion and the bent and raised portion, and a protruded portion which protrudes from the second flat surface portion in a plate thickness direction of the second flat surface portion at a position overlapping with the through-hole in a vertical direction.