US4583844A
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Image recording apparatus with separable upper and lower sections and displaceable paper feed unit
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1984-09-07
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Granted: 1986-04-22
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Expires: 2004-09-07
Abstract
Abstract An image recording apparatus comprises an automatic paper feeder for feeding recording paper one after another from a stack of paper; a manual paper feeder for feeding recording paper manually; and a main body which is formed of an upper frame coupled to a lower frame, the upper and lower frames being separable relative to each other. At least a part of the automatic paper feeder and at least a part of the manual paper feeder are arranged in one unit frame which is coupled to the main body. One end of the unit frame is displaceably arranged relative to the main body when the upper and lower frame are relatively separated.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroyuki Honda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 04:09
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/65; G03G15/6502; G03G15/6514; G03G21/00; G03G21/16; G03G21/1604; G03G21/1623; G03G21/1628; G03G21/1661; G03G21/1695; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00362; G03G2215/00367; G03G2215/00379; G03G2215/00383; G03G2215/00392; G03G2215/00535; G03G2215/00544; G03G2221/00; G03G2221/16; G03G2221/1651; G03G2221/1654; G03G2221/1672; G03G2221/1675; G03G2221/1678; G03G2221/1684; G03G2221/1687
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: an automatic paper-feed for feeding recording paper one after another from a stack of paper; a manual paper-feed means for feeding recording paper manually; and a main body which comprises an upper frame coupled to a lower frame and which are relatively separable, wherein at least a part of said automatic paper-feed means and at least a part of said manual paper-feed means are arranged in one unit frame which is coupled to said rain body, one end of said unit frame being displaceably aranged relative to said main body when said upper frame and lower frame are relatively separated.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
105 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: an automatic paper-feed for feeding recording paper one after another from a stack of paper; a manual paper-feed means for feeding recording paper manually; and a main body which comprises an upper frame coupled to a lower frame and which are relatively separable, wherein at least a part of said automatic paper-feed means and at least a part of said manual paper-feed means are arranged in one unit frame which is coupled to said rain body, one end of said unit frame being displaceably aranged relative to said main body when said upper frame and lower frame are relatively separated.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
87 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein said image recording apparatus is an electrostatic image recording apparatus, comprising: means for forming a toner image on an electrostatic image carrier member; means for transferring said toner image onto a sheet of a recording paper; and means for separating said paper with said image thereon from said electrostatic image carrier member; and said toner image transferring means and said recording paper separating means are coupled to said unit frame so as to be united together in a body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
the image recording apparatus of claim 2, wherein said unit frame is rotatably pivoted to a part of said main body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 3, wherein one end of said one unit frame is rotatably pivoted to a part of said lower frame of said main body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
An image recording apparatus of claim 3, wherein one end of said upper frame of said main body is rotatably coupled to one end of said lower frame by means of a shaft member; and one end of said unit frame is rotatably pivoted on said shaft member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 3, comprising means for biasing said unit frame toward said upper frame of said main body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 3, comprising means for biasing said unit frame toward said lower frame of said main body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein said unit frame is rotatably pivotally mounted to a part of said main body.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 8, wherein one end of said unit frame is rotatably pivotally mounted to a part of said lower frame of said main body.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 8, wherein one end of said upper frame of said main body is rotatably coupled to one end of said lower frame by means of a shaft member; and one endof said unit frame is rotatably pivoted on said shaft member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 8, comprising means for biasing said unit frame toward said upper frame of said main body.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 8, comprising means for biasing said unit frame toward said lower frame of said main body.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
170 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: an automatic paper-feed means for feeding recording paper one after another from a stack of paper; a manual paper-feed means for feeding recording paper manually; and a main body which comprises an upper frame coupled to a lower frame, said upper and lower frames being relatively separable; and a unit frame coupled to at least one of said upper and lower frames, said unit frames comprising a part of said automatic paper feeding path and a part of said manual paper feeding path; said unit frame being arranged so as to reveal at least said part of one of said automatic and manual paper feeding path when said upper frame is relatively separated from said lower frame; and said unit frame being displaceably arranged relative to at least one of said upper and lower frames when said upper frame is relatively separated from said lower frame so as to reveal at least said part of the other of said automatic and manual paper feeding path.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
170 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: an automatic paper-feed means for feeding recording paper one after another from a stack of paper; a manual paper-feed means for feeding recording paper manually; and a main body which comprises an upper frame coupled to a lower frame, said upper and lower frames being relatively separable; and a unit frame coupled to at least one of said upper and lower frames, said unit frames comprising a part of said automatic paper feeding path and a part of said manual paper feeding path; said unit frame being arranged so as to reveal at least said part of one of said automatic and manual paper feeding path when said upper frame is relatively separated from said lower frame; and said unit frame being displaceably arranged relative to at least one of said upper and lower frames when said upper frame is relatively separated from said lower frame so as to reveal at least said part of the other of said automatic and manual paper feeding path.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
84 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: a main body which comprises an upper frame coupled to a lower frame; and a unit frame comprising members defining a part of paper feeding passages, one end of said unit frame being displaceable coupled to said main body so as to be displaceable relative to at least one of said upper and lower frames when said upper frame and lower frame are relatively separated so as to selectively reveal at least a part of said paper feeding passages.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
84 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: a main body which comprises an upper frame coupled to a lower frame; and a unit frame comprising members defining a part of paper feeding passages, one end of said unit frame being displaceable coupled to said main body so as to be displaceable relative to at least one of said upper and lower frames when said upper frame and lower frame are relatively separated so as to selectively reveal at least a part of said paper feeding passages.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 14, wherein said unit frame is rotatably mounted on a part of said main body.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
The image recording apparatus of claim 14, wherein said image recording apparatus is an electrostatic image recording apparatus.
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