18903445. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
RYOICHI Kawasumi of Ibaraki JP
Shigeyuki Sanmiya of Yamanashi JP
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18903445 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a main unit and a processing unit installed on an installation surface and configured to process the sheet discharged from a discharge portion. The processing unit includes a first connector electrically connected to the main unit; and a first positioning portion that protrudes from a bottom surface toward the installation surface. The main unit includes a second connector disposed, in a second direction, on a first side with respect to a sheet discharging position onto which the sheet is discharged from the discharge portion, the second direction crossing the first direction, and the second connector being electrically connected to the processing unit in a manner that the first connector is inserted into the second connector along the second direction; and a groove portion provided on the installation surface and engages with the first positioning portion.