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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Ji-hoon Woo, Suwon-si, KR;
In-sick Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji-hoon Woo, Suwon-si, KR;
In-sick Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image recording device having an eject tray on a top thereof, and recording an image on a recording medium corresponding to input image data and discharging the recording medium onto the eject tray; an image reading device mounted over the image recording device to read the image, thereby converting the image to image data, and output the image data to the image recording device; at least one support member supporting the image reading device to keep a predetermined interval between the eject tray and the image reading device; and a pivot unit to pivotally support one end of the support member.