Electrophotography – Having particular structure – Modular or displaceable
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2008-10-14
Gray, David M (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Having particular structure
Modular or displaceable
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437096
ABSTRACT:
A fixing unit is disposed at a position closer to a rear side wall than to a front side wall of a casing. A top wall is formed with a depressed portion depressed toward inside the casing. The depressed portion serves as a sheet discharge tray for receiving a recording medium that has passed through the fixing unit. The sheet discharge tray includes a tray member detachably disposed at the top wall. The rear side wall is formed with an opening through which the fixing unit is removed. When the tray member is disposed at the top wall, the tray member is positioned above and adjacent to the fixing unit and overlaps the fixing unit when viewed through the opening, thereby preventing the fixing unit from being removed from the casing. The fixing unit is removable through the opening when the tray member is detached from the top wall.
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Aratachi Tomitake
Ikeno Takahiro
Ito Terumasa
Shiraki Masatoshi
Banner & Witcoff , Ltd.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Gray David M
Ready Bryan
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