US 11,988,984 B2
Image forming apparatus including user interface unit for inputting or outputting information
Miho Kaiga, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,750.
Application 18/295,750 is a continuation of application No. 17/207,484, filed on Mar. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,650,531.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-052383 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244174 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/5016 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00352 (2013.01); H04N 1/00557 (2013.01); H04N 1/00891 (2013.01); H04N 1/442 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material;
a controller configured to control the image forming unit;
a main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein the main body includes the controller and the image forming unit;
a sheet feeding tray configured to store a recording material to be supplied to the image forming unit, wherein the sheet feeding tray is detachable from the image forming apparatus;
a sheet feeding tray cover connected to the main body and configured to cover the recording material stored on the sheet feeding tray; and
a user interface unit provided on the sheet feeding tray cover and connected to the controller via a wiring and configured to input information into the controller or output information from the controller,
wherein the sheet feeding tray cover is rotatable relative to the main body, and the user interface unit is connected to the controller via the wiring while the sheet feeding tray cover is rotating relative to the main body.