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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichi Manabe, Toride, JP;
Masaki Kakitani, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1638 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0129 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1675 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet, a sheet feeding device configured to feed the sheet, an openable member configured to be opened for exposing at least a part of a sheet feeding path of the sheet feeding device to an outside of the image forming apparatus, an operating portion operated for opening the openable member, and an illumination device configured to illuminate the operating portion.