Image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018157203-A1
Application number	US-201715825632-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 29, 2017
Priority date	Dec 5, 2016
Publication date	Jun 7, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly including a feeding portion configured to feed a sheet and an image forming portion configured to form an image on the fed sheet, an openable cover provided on a side surface of the main assembly and openable for exposing a component part in the main assembly by opening a space above the component part with respect to a vertical direction, and a projecting portion provided above the openable cover with respect to the vertical direction and capable of projecting light toward the component part when the openable cover is opened.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main assembly including a feeding portion configured to feed a sheet and an image forming portion configured to form an image on the fed sheet; an openable cover provided on a side surface of said main assembly and openable for exposing a component part in said main assembly by opening a space above the component part with respect to a vertical direction; and a projecting portion provided above said openable cover with respect to the vertical direction and capable of projecting light toward the component part when said openable cover is opened.

2 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said projecting portion is capable of projecting the light toward a plurality of component parts exposed when said openable cover.

3 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said openable cover is provided on a front surface of said main assembly.

4 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said projecting portion simultaneously projects information on an operation onto the component part and an inner surface of said openable cover which is open.

5 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , further including an operation portion provided on the front surface of said main assembly and configured to operate said image forming apparatus,
wherein said projecting portion and said operation portion are arranged in a lateral direction.

6 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , further including an operation portion provided on the front surface of said main assembly and configured to operate said image forming apparatus,
wherein said projecting portion is disposed below said operation portion with respect to the vertical direction.

7 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said openable cover is provided in a rear side than said projecting portion with respect to a front-rear direction of said main assembly.

8 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the component part is a developer accommodating container accommodating a developer.

9 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the component part is an image bearing unit bearing an image bearing member.

10 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an operation portion configured to operate said image forming apparatus,
wherein said operation portion is provided on a front surface of said main assembly and said openable cover is provided on a laterally side surface of said main assembly.

11 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein said projecting portion is disposed in a rear side than a central portion of the laterally side surface with respect to a front-rear direction of said main assembly.

12 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein said projecting portion is disposed so as to be substantially flush with said operation portion.

13 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein said projecting portion is disposed at a position lower than said operation portion.

14 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein said openable device opens and closes said feeding portion.

15 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein said projecting portion projects the light onto the component part constituting said feeding portion when said openable cover is open.

16 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main assembly including an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet which is fed; a sheet accommodating cassette capable of being pulled out from a front surface of said main assembly toward a front side with respect to a front-rear direction of said main assembly and configured to accommodate the sheet; and a projecting portion provided above said sheet accommodating cassette with respect to a vertical direction and capable of projecting light toward said sheet accommodating cassette.

17 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 16 , further including an operation portion provided on the front surface of said main assembly and configured to operate said image forming apparatus,
wherein said projecting portion and said operation portion are arranged in a lateral direction.

18 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 16 , further including an operation portion provided on the front surface of said main assembly and configured to operate said image forming apparatus,
wherein said projecting portion is disposed below said operation portion with respect to the vertical direction.

19 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein said projecting portion is capable of projecting information on an operation onto an inside of said sheet accommodating cassette which is pulled out.

20 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main assembly including a feeding portion configured to feed a sheet and an image forming portion configured to form an image on the fed sheet; an operation portion provided in a front side of said main assembly and configured to operate said image forming apparatus; a sheet mounting portion which is provided on a side surface of said main assembly, which is openable by being rotated about a rotational axis with respect to a substantially horizontal direction, and which is configured to mount the sheet to be fed to said image forming portion; and a projecting portion which is provided above, with respect to a vertical direction, said a sheet mounting surface of said sheet mounting portion which is open, which is provided in a rear side of said main assembly more than a central portion of the side surface with respect to the horizontal direction, and which is capable of projecting light toward said sheet mounting portion when said sheet mounting portion is open.

21 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein said projecting portion projects, onto the sheet mounting surface, information on the sheet mountable on said sheet mounting portion.

22 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 20 , further comprising an openable cover provided on the side surface and capable of projecting light toward said feeding portion when said openable cover is opened.

23 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main assembly including a feeding portion configured to feed a sheet and an image forming portion configured to form an image on the fed sheet; an operation portion provided in a front side of said main assembly and configured to operate said image forming apparatus; an openable cover provided on a side surface of said main assembly and openable for exposing said feeding portion in said main assembly; and a projecting portion provided in a rear side of said main assembly move than a central portion of the side surface with respect to a horizontal direction and capable of projecting light toward said projecting portion when said openable cover is opened.

24 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein said projecting portion is disposed on the side surface so as to be adjacent to said feeding portion, with respect to a vertical direction, to be opened by said openable cover.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Mori Hideki
• Shirayanagi Jun
• Kanai Dai
• Nagata Teppei
• Torikata Kotaro
• Matsuo Makoto
• Koyama Kenta
• Takaoka Hideki
• Lin masatoshi

Classifications

• G03G15/0887

  Arrangements for conveying and conditioning developer in the developing unit, e.g. agitating, removing impurities or humidity · CPC title

• G03G21/1633 Primary

  using doors or covers (G03G21/1638 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03F1/84

  Inspecting · CPC title

• G03G15/5016 Primary

  User-machine interface; Display panels; Control console · CPC title

• G01N21/8806

  Specially adapted optical and illumination features · CPC title