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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shougo Sato, Seto, JP;
Keisuke Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Kazutoshi Kotama, Toyota, JP;
Hikaru Yoshizumi, Handa, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus into the casing, and the exposure unit is disposed on the one side in the second direction of the includes a an image forming unit, the image forming unit including a toner accommodation portion. The image forming apparatus further includes a detachable sheet feed cassette that is disposed at a lower part of the casing, a pickup roller, a sheet conveying path, and a sheet discharge path. The pickup roller and the toner accommodation portion are positioned at heights that at least partially overlap one another (e.g., when viewed in a horizontal direction). In some arrangements, the sheet conveying path passes between the toner accommodation portion and the sheet feed cassette. Moreover, the image forming apparatus may include a scanner unit, wherein the toner accommodation portion and the scanner unit are arranged at positions where at least a part of the toner accommodation portion overlaps the scanner unit when viewed in horizontal direction.