Image forming device and fixing unit

Details Image forming device and fixing unit Image forming device and fixing unit

2008-09-17

2009-06-30

Gray, David M (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Having particular structure

Modular or displaceable

C399S124000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07555239

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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