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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Masato Onishi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus () includes a case body () having a hollow space () in which a sheet storing part () and an image forming part () are to be housed. The case body () has four pillars (), (), (), () and a conveying frame (). The four pillars (), (), (), () are respectively disposed at four corners of the hollow space (). The conveying frame () is disposed between adjacent two pillars (), () of the four pillars (), (), (), () and configured to form a conveying path () of a sheet from the sheet storing part () to the image forming part (). The conveying frame () has at least one vertical column-shaped projection () on a pillar side end face. The vertical column-shaped projection () is integrally coupled to the pillar ().