Patent · US Expired

Recording apparatus having an accessible housing

US4806970A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 9, 1987
Grant dateFeb 21, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/18
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A recording apparatus comprises a housing having an opening in an upper surface thereof, and an image-fixing device in the form of a unit which fixes a toner image on paper. The housing has a mounting section at a position facing the opening, for detachably mounting thereon the image-fixing unit. The housing also includes a door for covering and exposing the opening. The door need only be opened in order for the image-fixing unit to be removed from the housing.

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