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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Masaya Asakawa, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Suto, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Asakawa, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Suto, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus () includes: a side cover () mounted on a side part of an apparatus body to be freely opened and closed; a fixing portion () mounted inside the apparatus body and close to the side cover () and fixing an image to a paper sheet P fed in a direction from a bottom to a top of the apparatus body; and a document platen () mounted at an upper part of the apparatus body and supporting a document placed thereon. The document platen () includes a cutout portion (K) formed in a manner such that a portion opposed to an upper part of the side cover () is cut out inside; and the fixing portion () includes a nip () that, when the side cover () is opened, can be viewed obliquely from a lateral upper side of the apparatus body through the cutout portion (K).
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