(19)
(11) EP 2 444 858 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.11.2013 Bulletin 2013/46

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.04.2012 Bulletin 2012/17

(21) Application number: 11002152.4

(22) Date of filing: 15.03.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G03G 21/16(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 30.09.2010 JP 2010220564
22.02.2011 JP 2011035478

(71) Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Nagoya, Aichi 467-8561 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Wang, Wei Ming
    Aichi 467-8562 (JP)

(74) Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Image forming apparatus


(57) An image forming apparatus (1) is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit (20), a door (2) to cover an opening in a chassis (30), a fixing unit, a frame (100), a linear motion member to linearly move along with the door, a guiding member to guide the linear motion member to move linearly, a coupler assembly to couple the door with the linear motion member and move the linear motion member, and a manipulation member being movable according to movement of the linear motion member. The linear motion member includes a contact portion, with which the manipulation member comes in contact along an intersecting direction. The guiding member includes a slider plane to slidably support the linear motion member. The linear motion member is slidably supported by the slider plane of the guiding member at a surface which is on an opposite side from the surface having the contact portion.







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