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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nagasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A frame for an image forming apparatus includes a first side plate and a second side plate, a post, and a stay. The post includes a first side portion which is a surface opposing the first side plate and which includes a first fastening portion to which the first side plate is fastened, and a second side portion which is formed by being bent from the first side portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first side portion and which includes a second fastening portion, to which the stay is fastened, positioned at a height different from a height of the first fastening portion with respect to the vertical direction. The second side portion is continuously formed at least from the first fastening portion to the second fastening portion with respect to the vertical direction.