Image forming apparatus of a clamshell type
US5382998A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/1628
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a lower half body; an upper half body which is mounted on the lower half body and has an axis arranged in parallel to a sheet passage so that the upper half body can be pivoted around the axis; and a platen cover provided on the upper half body so as to open or close in the same direction as that of the upper half body: wherein the sum of pivot angle of the upper half body and the platen cover is smaller than 90 degrees.
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