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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
Masato Moribe, Inazawa, JP;
Satoru Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Keiichiro Egami, Nagoya, JP;
Yosuke Mase, Aichi, JP;
Susumu Misu, Kuwana, JP;
Masato Moribe, Inazawa, JP;
Satoru Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Keiichiro Egami, Nagoya, JP;
Yosuke Mase, Aichi, JP;
Susumu Misu, Kuwana, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a printer unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; an operation panel for operating and/or setting the printer unit, a side on which the operation panel is provided is defined as a front side; and an ejection space on which the recording sheet ejected from the printer unit is placed. As viewed from the front side, a radius curvature of a first portion that intermediates a right side plane of the printer unit and a front plane of the printer unit is larger than a radius curvature of a second portion that intermediates a left side plane of the printer unit and the front plane of the printer unit.