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Image forming device having side cover with inclined surface

US7995948B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 2008
Grant dateAug 9, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1687
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming device includes a device body, a side cover fixed to the device body to cover a side face of the device body, a top cover attached swingably to the device body to cover an upper face of the device body, the top cover and the side cover defining a mating portion as a boundary region therebetween, a plane portion formed in a first one of the top cover and the side cover, and an inclined portion formed at a side of the first one in the mating portion, the inclined portion including an inclined surface configured to be inclined with respect to the plane portion, the inclined surface extending toward a back surface side of a second one of the top cover and the side cover.

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