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Granted Patent B2
US 12687813 · App. 17/710,996 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Image forming apparatus having both front and side opening/closing coverings

Inventors: Takahiro Iizuka (Kanagawa, JP); Naoyuki Kato (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Yamada (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Noda (Kanagawa, JP); Kenichi Ishikura (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Shinya Hasegawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kota Tomioka (Kanagawa, JP); Yoichi Yamakawa (Kanagawa, JP); Tomonori Sato (Kanagawa, JP); Ryusuke Nakata (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuyuki Koda (Kanagawa, JP); Isamu Adachi (Kanagawa, JP); Miho Morita (Kanagawa, JP); Tomomi Ishida (Kanagawa, JP); Shinnosuke Kondo (Kanagawa, JP); Yuya Shiokawa (Kanagawa, JP); Daisuke Ishihara (Kanagawa, JP); Kohei Tachibana (Kanagawa, JP); Shinichi Ohba (Kanagawa, JP); Taisuke Endo (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G03G21/1633G03G21/1619G03G21/1647
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Patent No.
US 12687813
App. No.
17/710,996
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body having an image forming part that forms an image on a recording medium and a medium storage part in which a recording medium to be supplied to the image forming part is stored; and a front opening/closing covering that is an openable and closable covering that covers at least a part of the image forming part and a part of the medium storage part on a front face of the apparatus body, wherein the front opening/closing covering is constituted by a single opening/closing covering that covers at least a range from one end to the other end in a left-right direction of the part of the medium storage part in a left-right direction of the apparatus body.

Claims (54)

1 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

an apparatus body having an image forming part that forms an image on a recording medium and a medium storage part in which the recording medium to be supplied to the image forming part is stored;

a front opening/closing covering that is an openable and closable covering that covers at least a part of the image forming part and a part of the medium storage part on a front face of the apparatus body; and

a side opening/closing covering that is provided on one or both of left and right side faces of the apparatus body and is heavier than the front opening/closing covering,

wherein the front opening/closing covering is constituted by a single opening/closing covering that covers at least a range from one end to an other end in a left-right direction of the part of the medium storage part in a left-right direction of the apparatus body, and

the side opening/closing covering is opened and closed by an opening/closing support member disposed on any one of ends in a left-right direction of the side opening/closing covering.

2 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the front opening/closing covering covers a range from one end to an other end in the left-right direction of the part of the image forming part.

3 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the medium storage part has a plurality of storage parts; and

the front opening/closing covering covers all of the plurality of storage parts.

4 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:

the medium storage part has an oblique storage part disposed obliquely on the front face of the apparatus body; and

the front opening/closing covering covers at least the oblique storage part.

5 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:

the front opening/closing covering has a shape such that a lower end thereof extends in the left-right direction without extending along an oblique contour line of the oblique storage part.

6 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the medium storage part has a plurality of storage parts; and

the front opening/closing covering covers one or some storage parts close to the image forming part among the plurality of storage parts.

7 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein:

the medium storage part has an oblique storage part disposed obliquely on the front face of the apparatus body; and

the front opening/closing covering covers at least the oblique storage part.

8 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein:

the front opening/closing covering has a shape such that a lower end thereof extends in the left-right direction without extending along an oblique contour line of the oblique storage part.

9 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the medium storage part has an oblique storage part disposed obliquely on the front face of the apparatus body; and

the front opening/closing covering covers at least the oblique storage part.

10 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:

the front opening/closing covering has a shape such that a lower end thereof extends in the left-right direction without extending along an oblique contour line of the oblique storage part.

11 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a reading device provided above the apparatus body.

12 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the medium storage part has a plurality of storage parts; and

the front opening/closing covering covers all of the plurality of storage parts.

13 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein:

the medium storage part has an oblique storage part disposed obliquely on the front face of the apparatus body; and

the front opening/closing covering covers at least the oblique storage part.

14 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein:

the front opening/closing covering has a shape such that a lower end thereof extends in the left-right direction without extending along an oblique contour line of the oblique storage part.

15 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the medium storage part has a plurality of storage parts; and

the front opening/closing covering covers one or some storage parts close to the image forming part among the plurality of storage parts.

16 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein:

the medium storage part has an oblique storage part disposed obliquely on the front face of the apparatus body; and

the front opening/closing covering covers at least the oblique storage part.

17 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein:

the front opening/closing covering has a shape such that a lower end thereof extends in the left-right direction without extending along an oblique contour line of the oblique storage part.

18 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the medium storage part has an oblique storage part disposed obliquely on the front face of the apparatus body; and

the front opening/closing covering covers at least the oblique storage part.

19 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein:

the front opening/closing covering has a shape such that a lower end thereof extends in the left-right direction without extending along an oblique contour line of the oblique storage part.

20 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a reading device provided above the apparatus body.