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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1990
Yoshikuni Toyama, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Kagiura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyoshi Maruyama, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuya Shiratori, Kawasaki, JP;
Masashi Ohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masanari Shirai, Chigasaki, JP;
Eiichi Ando, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus in which a sheet cassette for containing sheets is removably mounted to a body of the apparatus. The image forming apparatus comprises a frame structure having a pair of legs spaced apart from each other, a bottom plate arranged on the legs, a first side plate arranged at one ends of the legs and uprightly mounted on the bottom plate, a second side plate arranged in confronting relation to the first side plate at the other ends of the legs and having a lower end portion extending below the legs and covering the other ends of the legs, and stay members for interconnecting the first and second side plates at their upper portions.