Digital image forming apparatus
US5298917A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1687
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a digital image forming apparatus, in which images of a document placed on a document table are read through scanning by a scanner unit and electrostatic latent images are formed on a photosensitive body in accordance with data as for the images of the document by a laser scanning unit (LSU) arranged under the scanner unit, the upper box body which accommodates the document table and the scanner unit can be easily opened upwards relative to the lower box body which accommodates the LSU, centering around a hinge unit provided at the back side thereof. In addition, the laser scanning unit is placed and positioned on a plurality of bar-like members which are in parallel to the drive axis center of the photosensitive body.
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