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Image forming apparatus and dustproof cover

US10167148B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 2017
Grant dateJan 1, 2019
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1672
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a paper loading base on which manual-feed paper is loaded, a manual-feed paper conveying unit, and a dustproof cover which covers the paper loading base being in the overhang state. The paper loading base has a lower end rotatably supported on one outer surface portion of the device main body, and is opened from an upper end thereof and disposed at a predetermined oblique angle or in a horizontal overhang state such that an overhang side becomes an upper side in an oblique direction. The manual-feed paper conveying unit is conveys the manual-feed paper on the paper loading base onto a paper conveyance path one by one. The dustproof cover includes a base which engages with the paper loading base, and an opening-and-closing cover which is rotatably connected to the base and is opened upwardly on the overhang side.

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