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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2009
Yasuhiro Iwashima, Itami, JP;
Yasuhiro Iwashima, Itami, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of toggling between image formation mode and energy conservation mode, the image formation mode allowing image formation on a recording medium, and the energy conservation mode having power consumption lower than that of the image formation mode, the image forming apparatus including: a constantly-energized portion that is energized both in the image formation mode and the energy conservation mode; a non-constantly-energized portion that is energized only in the image formation mode; and an opening/closing member capable of exposing an internal mechanism held inside a casing of the image forming apparatus, in which the constantly-energized portion toggles from the energy conservation mode to image formation mode when the opening/closing member is closed from an opened state in the energy conservation mode.