Patent classifications
H04N1/00546
Method for registering a terminal in an image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus operable by an operation device includes a storage that stores a plurality of operations, a detector that detects an operation, and a controller. The controller registers a terminal as the operation device if an operation detected by the detector conforms with an operation stored in the storage.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a side surface portion in which an opening is formed, a cartridge, an opening/closing member configured to be moved with respect to the apparatus body between a closed position and an opened position, a sheet stacking portion, a feed roller, and a lifting member configured to lift and lower the feed roller. In the state where the opening/closing member is positioned in the closed position, at least part of the lifting member is positioned an inside of a movement locus through which the cartridge passes in a case where the cartridge is attached to and detached from the apparatus body. In a state where the opening/closing member is positioned in the opened position, a whole of the lifting member is positioned an outside of the movement locus.
SHEET CONTAINING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Kenichi ISHIKURA ,
- Naoyuki KATO ,
- Kenji YAMADA ,
- Satoshi Noda ,
- Shinya HASEGAWA ,
- Kota TOMIOKA ,
- Hiroyuki Tanaka ,
- Yoichi YAMAKAWA ,
- Tomonori Sato ,
- Ryusuke NAKATA ,
- Kazuyuki KODA ,
- Isamu ADACHI ,
- Miho MORITA ,
- Tomomi ISHIDA ,
- Shinnosuke KONDO ,
- Yuya SHIOKAWA ,
- Daisuke ISHIHARA ,
- Kohei TACHIBANA ,
- Takahiro IIZUKA ,
- Shinichi OHBA ,
- Taisuke ENDO
A sheet containing apparatus includes a first container unit that contains a sheet having a first size and that tilts with respect to a horizontal direction such that a first end and a second end in a width direction of the apparatus are located at different heights with the first container unit installed in a sheet containing apparatus body when viewed in a first direction, and a covering portion that is movable to a covering position at which the covering portion covers at least a part of the first container unit in the first direction and an open position at which the covering portion uncovers the first container unit in the first direction. When viewed in the first direction, a tilting division line is adjacent to the first container unit and tilts with respect to the horizontal direction, and at least a whole of the tilting division line is covered by the single covering portion in the first direction with the covering portion positioned at the covering position.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Takahiro IIZUKA ,
- Naoyuki KATO ,
- Kenji YAMADA ,
- Satoshi Noda ,
- Kenichi ISHIKURA ,
- Hiroyuki Tanaka ,
- Shinya HASEGAWA ,
- Kota TOMIOKA ,
- Yoichi YAMAKAWA ,
- Tomonori Sato ,
- Ryusuke NAKATA ,
- Kazuyuki KODA ,
- Isamu ADACHI ,
- Miho MORITA ,
- Tomomi ISHIDA ,
- Shinnosuke KONDO ,
- Yuya SHIOKAWA ,
- Daisuke ISHIHARA ,
- Kohei TACHIBANA ,
- Shinichi OHBA ,
- Taisuke ENDO
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.
OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image forming apparatus includes: a body of the image forming apparatus; an opening and closing unit that is supported by the body of the image forming apparatus so as to rotate relative to the body of the image forming apparatus and that opens and closes an inside of the body of the image forming apparatus, the opening and closing unit having a rotating shaft; a first coupling unit that has a first tube portion having a tube shape and having an inside through which the rotating shaft of the opening and closing unit passes, the first coupling unit being supported by the opening and closing unit; and a second coupling unit that has an extension portion supported by the body of the image forming apparatus and extending toward the first coupling unit, a bent portion having a first end portion that is connected to an end portion of the extension portion and being formed to be bent relative to an extension direction of the extension portion and to extend toward the rotating shaft, and a second tube portion disposed beside a second end portion of the bent portion and having an inside through which the rotating shaft of the opening and closing unit passes, the second coupling unit being rotatably coupled to the first coupling unit. When the opening and closing unit has been moved to an open position where the opening and closing unit opens the inside of the body of the image forming apparatus, a contact part at which the opening and closing unit is to be in contact with the second coupling unit is in contact with the bent portion.
Image forming apparatus including interlock switch
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a door, an inlet, a primary power source, a secondary power source, a primary interlock switch, and a secondary interlock switch. The housing has an opening. The door is hinge-coupled to the housing by a hinge, and opens and closes the opening. The inlet is provided near the hinge. The secondary power source is provided farther from the inlet than the primary power source. The primary interlock switch is provided on a primary electric circuit between the inlet and the primary power source, and is turned off when the door is opened. The secondary interlock switch is provided on a secondary electric circuit between the primary power source and the secondary power source, and is turned off when the door is opened. The primary interlock switch is disposed closer to the inlet than the secondary interlock switch.
IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
An image reading apparatus 300 comprises: the scanner device SD which reads information about a sheet P conveyed on a paper conveying route PP and information about a position, a form and a color of an image formed on the sheet P; a spectrophotometer CI which reads information about a color of an image formed on a sheet P conveyed on the paper conveying route PP; and a support base TR which incorporates the paper conveying route and a motor for conveying a sheet and can be pulled out from a main body together with the paper conveying route and the motor. The scanner device SD is not mounted on the support base TR but fixed to the main body of the image reading apparatus. The spectrophotometer CI is mounted on and fixed to the support base TR, and spaced from the paper transfer route PP by a predetermined distance.
METHOD FOR REGISTRATION IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image forming apparatus operable by an operation device includes a storage that stores a plurality of operations, a detector that detects an operation, and a controller. The controller registers a terminal as the operation device if an operation detected by the detector conforms with an operation stored in the storage.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a door, a first guide, a second guide configured to move from a first position to a second position, a first illumination device configured to illuminate a door side of the second guide positioned in the second position, the door side of the second guide being closer to the door than a conveyance center line of the conveyance path in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction of a sheet which is conveyed in the conveyance path, and a second illumination device configured to illuminate in a direction different from a direction in which the first illumination device illuminates, the second illumination device being configured to illuminate a space between the first guide and the second guide positioned in the second position.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a casing accommodating the image forming unit, a pair of doors which open from center, and a protrusion portion. The pair of doors which open from center include a first door, a second door, and a handle. The handle is disposed on an opposite surface of an exterior surface of the first door. The protrusion portion protrudes from an end of the second door toward the first door in a direction intersecting with the second pivot axis and extending an exterior surface of the second door when the pair of doors are closed. The handle covers a gap between the first door and the protrusion portion in a front-back direction of the image forming apparatus when the pair of doors are closed.