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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masashi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1619 (2013.01); G03G 15/605 (2013.01); H04N 1/00551 (2013.01); H04N 1/00559 (2013.01); G03G 21/1623 (2013.01); G03G 21/1628 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, an image reading unit that is provided above the image forming unit so as to read an image of a document, a frame that accommodates the image forming unit therein, including a pair of front and rear planar members disposed so as to face each other and a beam portion that connects the pair of planar members and supports upward the image reading unit, and a cover that covers at least a portion of the frame, provided with an opening portion of which an upper edge portion is supported by the beam portion.