| US 7,515,864 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Takanoshin Imada, Saitama (Japan); Yuichi Fujisawa, Saitama (Japan); Masashi Sudo, Saitama (Japan); and Junichi Yumoto, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/213,697. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-037598 (JP), filed on Feb. 15, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0182476 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—377 [399/405] | 17 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image reading unit;
an image forming unit; and
first and second column support portions supporting the image reading unit,
wherein the image reading unit comprises downwardly extending portions extending downward from a lower surface thereof,
both of the first and second column support portions support the image reading unit in a cantilever manner so that a space
is provided between the image reading unit and an upper surface of the image forming unit, and
the first and second column support portions receive the lower surface of the image reading unit at respective upper surfaces
thereof, and receive the downwardly extending portions of the image reading unit at respective side surfaces thereof.
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