Image forming apparatus with link coupling an image scanning unit and an opening cover
US7447466B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/169
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with an apparatus main body for detachably accommodating at least a developing unit; an image scanning unit arranged atop the apparatus main body in such a manner as to be vertically openable and closable; an opening cover arranged at the apparatus main body in such a manner as to be vertically openable and closable in the same directions as the image scanning unit and enabling the developing unit to be mounted into and detached from the apparatus main body; and a single-parts link member for coupling the image scanning unit and the opening cover and enabling the opening cover to be opened and closed as the image scanning unit is opened and closed.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.