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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Hidetoshi Yano, Aichi, JP;
Sachiko Yano, Legal Representative, Tokai, JP;
Keiichiro Egami, Aichi, JP;
Yusuke Nakata, Aichi, JP;
Kayo Hasui, Aichi, JP;
Hidetoshi Yano, Aichi, JP;
Sachiko Yano, legal representative, Tokai, JP;
Keiichiro Egami, Aichi, JP;
Yusuke Nakata, Aichi, JP;
Kayo Hasui, Aichi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes a device body, a side cover fixed to the device body to cover a side face of the device body, a top cover attached swingably to the device body to cover an upper face of the device body, the top cover and the side cover defining a mating portion as a boundary region therebetween, a plane portion formed in a first one of the top cover and the side cover, and an inclined portion formed at a side of the first one in the mating portion, the inclined portion including an inclined surface configured to be inclined with respect to the plane portion, the inclined surface extending toward a back surface side of a second one of the top cover and the side cover.