US 12,187,051 B2
Image forming apparatus and ink jet recording apparatus
Yusuke Yamashita, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/368,283.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-118309 (JP), filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009254 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/13 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming portion that forms an image on a medium;
a casing that houses the image forming portion and has a first surface;
a power operating portion;
a scanner that scans an image on an original; and
a touch operation portion that is operated by a user, wherein
assuming that a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the casing is a front-to-back direction,
the power operating portion is disposed on the first surface, which is parallel with a vertical direction of the casing,
the touch operation portion is disposed on a second surface, which is parallel with the vertical direction of the casing and different from the first surface, and
the second surface is positioned on a level different from a level of the first surface of the casing along the front-to-back direction by a level difference,
the scanner is disposed to be openable and closable with respect to the casing,
the power operating portion is disposed on a front of the casing,
when the scanner is in a closed state, the touch operation portion covers a portion of the front of the casing with the level difference from the power operating portion, and
when the scanner is in an open state, the touch operation portion is lifted following the scanner from the front of the casing while the power operating portion is fixedly disposed on the front of the casing.