| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080286002 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided with a box-shaped apparatus main body internally including an image forming assembly and a sheet feeding assembly, an apparatus front cover located on the front surface of the apparatus main body and having a plurality of unit cover members that can be opened forward and are vertically arranged one above the other, and grips provided on the respective cover members and used to open the unit cover members. The apparatus front cover has a rectangular shape when the front surface of the apparatus main body is viewed from front, and includes a projecting flat surface projecting forward from the peripheral edges of the apparatus front cover and inclined surfaces formed to extend from the left, right and upper sides of the projecting flat surface toward the peripheral edges of the apparatus front cover. The grips are vertically arranged on the projecting flat surface. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090039642 | APPARATUS-INFORMATION INDICATOR, LABEL SHEET, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is an apparatus-information indicator, which includes an indication surface, an underlying segment formed on the indication surface by a first dot pattern, and a character area formed on the underlying segment by a second dot pattern different from the first dot pattern to indicate given apparatus information. Respective colors of the underlying segment and the character area are substantially equal in hue, and substantially different in lightness. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090169242 | INTERNAL OUTPUT TYPE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main apparatus body, an image reading block located above the main apparatus body, a sheet output portion provided with a sheet output tray onto which each sheet is ejected upon completion of image forming operation, the sheet output portion being located between the main apparatus body and the image reading block and opening at least frontward to permit retrieval of sheets from the sheet output tray, and a front cover section provided on a front side of the main apparatus body, the front cover section including front openable covering members. The front cover section has a striped portion having a surface in which ridges and furrows are formed and a flat portion having a flat surface. The flat portion includes a first flat portion located in an area adjacent to the sheet output tray. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100119275 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a main body ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100158575 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge for containing toner is provided with a lever for operating the toner cartridge, and a cover partly surrounding the lever. The cover forms an uncovering area where the lever is not covered, and a user can access the lever through the uncovering area. | 06-24-2010 |