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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
Yasuhiro Matsuda, Kanazawa, JP;
Ryou Iwamoto, Kanazawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yashima, Takaoka, JP;
Yoshiki Tsutiyama, Kanazawa, JP;
Yasuhiko Kitagawa, Ishikawa, JP;
Kazuya Yoshida, Kanazawa, JP;
Satoshi Ishida, Kanazawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Abe, Zama, JP;
Akira Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Mochizuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Yoshitomo Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus has a printer unit, a scanner unit, a front cover that opens upward in the direction of the back surface and forms a transport path of scanner paper discharged by the scanner unit, and mounting members provided on the front cover for detachably mounting the scanner unit in such an attitude that the main scanning direction becomes horizontal. Furthermore, as the need arises, the apparatus may have a scanner paper tray member rotatably connected to the front cover at a location higher than the mounting members for feeding scanner paper to the scanner unit.