Image forming apparatus including a plurality of doors that are opened and closed
US12416895B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 8, 2024 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/169
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing to store an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet, doors, a cover part, and holding members. Each of the doors rotates around a rotational axis to be opened and closed relative to the housing and includes a positioning shaft and a projection. When each of the doors is in an opened state, an inside of the image forming apparatus is exposed. The cover part is provided in the housing and has fitting holes into which the positioning shafts are fitted. Each of the holding members holds a different one of the doors in a closed state. When each of the doors is in the closed state, each of the positioning shafts included in the doors is fitted into a different one of the fitting holes.
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