US 12,078,951 B2
Image forming apparatus and manufacturing method for frame of image forming apparatus
Yasuhiko Fuse, Shizuoka (JP); and Yoji Misao, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/325,764.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-090633 (JP), filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393518 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1619 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1678 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material;
a first metal plate and a second metal plate that face each other to sandwich the image forming unit; and
a third metal plate that is located between the first metal plate and the second metal plate and is joined to the first metal plate and the second metal plate,
wherein the first metal plate and the third metal plate are welded together at a plurality of welding positions, an adhesive is applied to between the first metal plate and the third metal plate in a range sandwiched between two welding positions of the plurality of welding positions in a region where the first metal plate and the third metal plate are in contact with each other, and the first metal plate and the third metal plate are thereby joined together.