Patent · US Expired

Image forming apparatus having structure for adding functions

US5878308A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 1997
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J13/103
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

When replacing a small-volume sheet tray unit which is accommodated in an accommodation space of a base frame of an image forming apparatus body, with a large volume sheet tray unit, a sub-frame is integrally joined and fixed at a bottom of the base frame.

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