JP5263713B2 - apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus where the exchange of a supply component is made possible from an easily operable direction even in a narrow space without depending on the installment environment of the apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: An exchangeable supply component 130 is provided at the inside of an apparatus body 10, the outer wall parts of the apparatus body 110 are provided with opening parts for the exchange of the supply component 130, further, a cover member 120 openably/closably covering the openings for the exchange is provided, the opening parts 108a to 108d for exchange are provided at the outer wall parts 101, 104, 105, 106 arranged in the different direction of the image forming apparatus 100, and the cover member 120 is composed in such a manner that the exchange of the supply part 130 is made possible from the opening parts 108a to 108d for exchange from the different directions A, B by being made into an open state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus, and in particular, a replaceable supply part is provided in the apparatus main body, and a replacement opening for the supply part is opened on the outer wall of the apparatus main body, and the cover covers the replacement opening so as to be opened and closed. The present invention relates to an apparatus including a member.

  There are devices that function by placing supply parts such as toner containers, printing paper, batteries, and gas cans for cassette stoves as devices, and such devices have openings for replacement of supply parts. The part is covered with a cover member that can be opened and closed. In general, such an opening and a cover member are provided only at one place where the apparatus can be easily replaced. In such a device, if it can be held by one person, it is easy to set the cover member to open in a direction that is easy to operate, but the mass may not be moved by one person, When used in a narrow place, it is not always possible to easily replace the supply parts by setting the cover member in a direction that can be easily opened and closed. In other words, the cover member becomes large, and a space for opening the cover member cannot be secured around the apparatus, or even if the cover member can be opened, the supply parts are invisible or difficult to operate. is there. This problem is further increased when there are a plurality of supply parts and the installation location of the supply parts for the apparatus is widened.

  Patent Document 1 describes a toner container that is exposed from an upper surface and a side surface by opening a cover, thereby facilitating replacement work.

  In Patent Document 2, the opening and closing of the toner discharge port of the toner container is interlocked with the opening and closing of the cover, and the cover extends over two surfaces of the apparatus, that is, the toner is interlocked with the attachment and detachment of the toner supply container to the toner replenishing unit. A document for opening and closing a toner discharge port of a supply container is described.

  Patent Document 3 discloses that an upper cover holding an intermediate transfer unit is opened to perform internal maintenance, and a front cover is opened to perform jam processing, that is, a feeding conveyance unit that conveys a transfer material from a feeding unit; An image forming portion having an image carrier on which a toner image is formed; an intermediate transfer member disposed above the image carrier; and the toner image is sequentially primary transferred to the intermediate transfer member, and the intermediate transfer member A transfer unit that collectively transfers the upper toner image onto the transfer material; a discharge tray disposed above the intermediate transfer member; and a plurality of opening mechanisms that can be opened to access the inside of the apparatus. In the image forming apparatus, as the plurality of covers, an upper opening mechanism capable of lifting the discharge tray and the intermediate transfer member upward, and a front opening that rotates to the near side about an axis disposed on the front surface of the apparatus mechanism Has, the upper cover and the front cover is described what is possible open separately.

  In Patent Document 4, the visibility and operability of the four toner bottles are implemented in cooperation with the operation unit, that is, opened so as to be positioned within the symbol for displaying the open operation part provided on the operation panel. The display of the part to be operated is provided so that it can be displayed with a light emitting body such as an LED provided on the inner surface side of the operation panel, and when the paper is jammed and it is necessary to open the stacking part as a cover, etc. A part and order to be opened can be displayed in a pattern, and an operator such as a service person or a user can perform a paper jam handling process without looking at extra information.

Patent Document 5 discloses a small apparatus that can detach a plurality of internal components from one cover in the same direction, that is, an image forming apparatus main body and an image forming apparatus main body that is oblique to the horizontal direction. A photosensitive belt disposed on the image forming apparatus main body and detachably provided on the main body of the image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on the conveying belt or a sheet conveyed to the conveying belt; The image forming apparatus main body has an opening / closing cover for attaching and detaching the photosensitive unit between the conveyance belt and the optical writing apparatus. An image forming apparatus provided on the upper part of the main body of the forming apparatus is described.
JP 2002-99130 A JP 2003-76123 A JP 2004-29211 A JP 2006-145804 A JP 2008-26361 A

  By the way, recent image forming apparatuses such as printers and copiers have been miniaturized. For this reason, the image forming apparatus is placed at a high place on the rack, or conversely, the height below the rack cannot be afforded. Or be placed in Furthermore, the image forming apparatus may be installed in a state where there is almost no space on both sides of the image forming apparatus due to other image forming apparatuses, home appliances, walls, shelves, and the like. In such a case, even if you want to change the orientation of the image forming device according to the installation environment and ease of use, you can freely change the orientation due to the orientation of the operation unit of the image forming device and the orientation of the cassette for paper supply. There are many cases where this is not possible. Therefore, toner replacement and maintenance of internal parts that are relatively infrequent may be very difficult operations including opening and closing the cover for accessing them.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus capable of replacing supply parts from a direction that can be easily operated in a narrow space regardless of the installation environment of the apparatus.

The invention of claim 1
Comprising a replaceable supply components in the apparatus main body, along with the replacement opening of the supply part to the outer wall of the apparatus main body is opened, the apparatus having a cover member for covering the exchange opening to be opened and closed,
The replacement opening is opened to the outer wall portion disposed in different directions of the apparatus main body,
The cover member is an apparatus configured to allow replacement of the supply component from a replacement opening arranged in a different direction by being in an open state ,
The cover member is
A main cover member;
A secondary opening / closing cover that opens and closes in a secondary direction different from the opening / closing direction of the primary cover member disposed on the primary cover member;
Consists of
The main or opening one of the cover of the slave is the device according to claim configured to be capable to tare Rukoto the replacement of the supply part from the open cover member is covered said replacement opening .

The invention of claim 2 is the device of claim 1, wherein the supply part are arranged.

A third aspect of the present invention is the image forming apparatus according to the first or second aspect , wherein the supply component is a container for storing toner.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus according to the third aspect, the direction of the operation unit and the cassette can be changed.

According to the apparatus according to the present invention, replacement opening is opened to the outer wall portion disposed in different directions of the device, cover member, by any of the cover of the main or subordinate is opened , different from the direction in exchange arranged replacement opening or Rasa ply components are configured to be, regardless of the installation environment of the apparatus, effect of replacement of the supply part from maneuverable direction in a narrow space There is.

  Embodiments as the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  Examples of the present invention will be described below. Hereinafter, a case where the apparatus is an image forming apparatus will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an image forming apparatus as an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the image forming apparatus with a cover member opened. The image forming apparatus 100 according to this example is configured such that a supply part 130 such as a toner container is detachably disposed, and a printing operation is performed using toner in the toner container. The image forming apparatus 100 includes an upper surface portion 101, a lower surface portion 102, a hand front surface portion 103 facing toward the front (arrow C) in the figure, a back side surface portion 104 facing toward the back, and a left side facing the left (arrow B) in the drawing. It has a substantially rectangular shape with a surface portion 105 and a right side surface portion 106 facing the right side. The image forming apparatus 100 further includes an apparatus main body 110 having an opening for replacing the supply component 130, and a cover member 120 that covers the opening of the apparatus main body 110 so that the opening can be opened and closed. In this example, the openings are the upper opening 108 a on the upper surface 101, the rear opening 108 b on the rear side 104, the left opening 108 c on the left side 105, and the right side 106 on the back side ridge line 107. The right opening 108d is disposed on the right side.

  The cover member 120 includes an upper part 121 that covers the upper opening 108a across the ridge 107, a rear part 122 that covers the rear opening 108b, a left part 123 that covers the left opening 108c, and a right opening 108d. It is integrally formed with a right side portion 124 to be covered, and is connected to the back side surface portion 104 side of the apparatus main body 110 by a support shaft 125 and supported so as to be rotatable toward the back side. The upper part 121 and the left part 123 are provided with handle members 126 and 127 for placing fingers on opening and closing. In addition, in the apparatus main body 110 and the cover member 120 and in the vicinity thereof, there is a damper that smoothly opens and closes, a magnet and a latch for maintaining the closed state, a switch for detecting the closed state, and the presence of the supply component 130 And a member for smooth replacement and positioning of the supply part 130.

  In such an image forming apparatus 100, the supply component 130 can be exchanged from above and from the side. First, when replacing the supply component 130 from above, the cover member 120 can be opened by pulling up the handle member 126 (the state shown in FIG. 2), and the supply component 130 can be viewed through the opening 108. The old (empty) supply component 130 can be removed from the apparatus main body 110 by lifting the supply component 130 upward (direction A). Further, the new supply component 130 can be set at a fixed position of the apparatus main body 110 in the reverse procedure. This series of operations can be performed in the range of the upper portion 121 of the cover member 120 (projection plane a: indicated by hatching in FIG. 1). Further, in order to replace the supply part 130 from the lateral direction of the image forming apparatus 100, the cover member 120 is opened by placing a finger on the handle member 127 and rotating the cover member 120 about the support shaft 125 (the state of FIG. 2). ). In this state, the supply part 130 can be visually recognized from the side, and the old (empty) supply part 130 is removed from the apparatus main body 110 by pulling out the supply part 130 in the direction of arrow B in FIG. be able to. Further, the new supply part 130 can be set at a fixed position of the apparatus main body 110 by the reverse procedure. This series of operations can be performed in the range of the left side portion 123 of the cover member 120 (projection plane b: indicated by hatching in FIG. 1).

  Here, in the above example, the apparatus is an image forming apparatus and the supply part 130 is a toner container. However, the supply part 130 can be a printing sheet, and the apparatus can be other than the image forming apparatus. It can be a dry battery, a gas can, a bottle or a drink in a can. Further, the supply component 130 may be provided with a handle or a knob that is used when the supply component 130 is exchanged in the A direction or the B direction. Various methods are known for supplying the supply itself of the supply component 130. In the case of a toner container, the container main body that discharges the toner contained therein from the opening, and the toner discharged from the opening of the container main body. And a held portion that is non-rotatably held in the toner container housing portion and discharges the toner from the toner discharge port, and the held portion is located in the mounting direction with respect to the container body. A container body is mounted along the longitudinal direction of the container body, and the held section includes an opening / closing member that opens and closes the toner discharge port in conjunction with an attaching / detaching operation with respect to the toner container container. Can be provided with a grip portion at the rear in the mounting direction (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-148320). When the toner container is attached and detached in the A direction, the size of the image forming apparatus and the length of the toner container are set so that the toner container can be attached and detached in the A direction after being shifted in the B direction by a certain distance. According to this example, depending on the installation environment of an apparatus such as an image forming apparatus, the toner container can be replaced from the upper side (arrow A side) even if there is a wall or something close to the side surface (b in FIG. 1). it can.

  Next, a second embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an image forming apparatus as a second embodiment, FIG. 4 is a view showing the image forming apparatus with the cover member opened, (a) is a perspective view of the image forming apparatus, and (b) ) Is a perspective view of an image forming apparatus as a modification. The image forming apparatus 200 includes an apparatus main body 210 having an opening for replacing the supply component 130, and a cover member 220 that covers the opening of the apparatus main body so as to be opened and closed. The image forming apparatus 200 is formed in a substantially cubic shape including an upper surface portion 201, an upper surface portion 201, a front surface portion 203, a back side surface 204, a left surface portion 205, and a right surface portion 206. An upper opening 208a is formed on the part 201 side, and a left opening 208b is formed on the left surface part 205 side so as to communicate with the 208a. The upper opening 208a is installed so that the upper cover member 221 covers the left opening 208b and the lateral cover member 222 covers the opening. Here, the upper cover member 221 includes a handle member 227 and is rotatably supported by the support shaft 225 on the back side surface 204 of the apparatus main body 210. Further, the lateral cover member 222 includes a handle member 228 and is rotatably supported on the back side surface 204 by a support shaft 226.

  Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 200 according to the present example, the upper cover member 221 and the lateral cover member 222 can be individually opened and closed, and the supply component 130 can be visually recognized and attached / removed regardless of which is opened.

  Next, a modification of the second embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 4B, the image forming apparatus 300 according to this modified example opens the upper opening 308a and the lateral opening 308b in the same manner as the image forming apparatus 200, and opens the upper opening 308 on the right side. An upper cover member 321 supported by a support shaft 325 at 306 and the lateral opening 309 is covered with a lateral cover member 322 supported by a support shaft 326 on the left side surface 305 so as to be opened and closed. Also in this example, the upper cover member 321 and the lateral cover member 322 can be individually opened and closed, and the supply component 130 can be exchanged in the projection plane of each opening from a plurality of directions, the upper direction and the lateral direction. As described above, the support shaft of each cover member is not limited to the position of the above-described example, and can be installed on the same line, an orthogonal line, or a parallel line. In addition, each cover member is not limited to the rotation fulcrum by the support shaft described above, but may be a lid member or a cap member that can be completely removed from the main body, or a drawer member on which the supply component 130 can be slid and put in and out. be able to. According to this example, the supply parts can be exchanged in the projection plane of each cover member from different directions by opening the cover members on different surfaces.

  Next, a third embodiment will be described. FIGS. 5A and 5B show an image forming apparatus as a third embodiment. FIG. 5A is a perspective view of the image forming apparatus, and FIG. 5B is a perspective view of the image forming apparatus with a cover member opened. The image forming apparatus 400 according to this example includes an apparatus main body 410 having an opening for replacing the supply component 130, and a cover member 420 that covers the opening of the apparatus main body so as to be opened and closed. The image forming apparatus 400 has a substantially cubic shape including an upper surface portion 401, an upper surface portion 401, a hand front surface portion 403, a back side surface portion 404, a left surface portion 405, and a right surface portion 406.

  In this example, the opening has an upper opening 408a on the upper surface 401, a rear opening 408b on the back side 404, a left opening 408c on the left side 405, and a right side 406 with the ridge line 407 on the back side in between. The right opening 408d is opened to communicate with each other.

  The cover member 420 includes a main cover member 421 that is rotatably supported by the apparatus main body 410 and a secondary cover member 422 that is rotatably disposed on the main cover member 421. The main cover member 421 is integrally formed from an upper surface portion 421a that covers the upper opening 408a, a rear surface portion 421b that covers the rear opening 408b, and a right surface portion 421c that covers the right opening 408d. A handle member 427 is provided, and is rotatably held on the back side surface portion 404 by a support shaft 425.

  Further, the sub cover member 422 is provided with a handle member 428 and is rotatably supported by a support shaft 426 at the left end edge portion of the back side surface portion 421b.

  Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 400 according to the present example, the main cover member 421 and the sub cover member 422 can be individually opened and closed, and the supply component 130 can be visually recognized and attached / removed regardless of which is opened. That is, by opening the main cover member 421 by the handle member 427 (arrow D in FIG. 5B), the supply component 130 can be exchanged from the vertical direction (A direction) within the projection surface of the main cover member 421. . Further, the secondary cover member 422 can be opened by the handle member 428 (arrow E in FIG. 5B), and the supply component 130 can be exchanged from the lateral direction (B direction) within the projection surface of the secondary cover member 422. . At this time, if the upper cover member 221 is opened and the slave cover member 422 is further opened, the upper cover member 221 does not get in the way and the supply component 130 can be easily replaced. In addition, the operator can stand up in front of the apparatus main body 410 (C direction in FIGS. 5A and 5B) and replace and replace the supply component 130 in the horizontal direction (B direction). This is because the upper cover member 221 cannot be opened because the installation position of the image forming apparatus 400 is high or the height of the image forming apparatus 400 itself is high, and the side of the image forming apparatus 400 (the same B direction). ) Is effective when there is a desk etc. and the operator cannot go around.

  Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. 6A and 6B show an image forming apparatus as a fourth embodiment, wherein FIG. 6A is a perspective view of the image forming apparatus, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view showing the image forming apparatus with the cover member in an open state. c) is a side view of the image forming apparatus, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a modification of the image forming apparatus as the fourth embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the image forming apparatus 500 according to the present example has a cover member 520 that can be opened and closed in the apparatus main body 510 and opened in the apparatus main body, as in the first embodiment. It is covered so that it can be opened and closed. In this example, a plurality of supply parts, for example, four cylindrical supply parts 130 a, 130 b, 130 c, and 130 d are arranged in the apparatus main body 510. Further, the cover member 520 is disposed on the apparatus main body 510 so as to be openable and closable by the support shaft 552, and a handle member 526 is installed on the cover member 520. According to this example, the cover member 520 is opened, and all the supply parts 130a, 130b, 130c, and 130d can be attached and detached in the upward direction (A direction in the figure) and in the lateral direction (B direction). In this example, the cover member 520 is integrally formed as in the first embodiment. However, the cover member 520 includes a plurality of members as in the second embodiment and a main cover member and a sub cover member as in the third embodiment. Can be configured.

  Here, as in this embodiment, when the cover member 520 is enlarged, the space necessary for opening the cover member 520 is also increased. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 5C, as a support member 560 for attaching the cover member 520 to the apparatus main body 510 so as to be openable and closable, a base fixedly attached to the main body and an arm pivotally supported on the base In addition, a hinge device including a front link and a rear link that are pivotally supported at a position where one end is spaced apart on the arm and the other end is spaced apart on the lift arm can be obtained. According to this hinge device, the front link and the rear link form two opposite sides of a parallelogram, the lid can be moved up and down in parallel, and the space required for opening and closing the cover member can be reduced. Even if there is a ceiling or an object on the upper side of the forming apparatus 500, the replacement of the supply parts 130a, 130b, 130c, and 130d can be performed from the side (B direction).

  In the above example, the supply parts 130a, 130b, 130c, and 130d are cylindrical. However, the supply parts may have other shapes. That is, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the supply components 130e, 130f, 130g, and 130h arranged in the image forming apparatus 600 may have a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. Even in such a case, by opening the cover member 620 that is rotatably attached to the apparatus main body 610 by the support shaft 621, the side (B Direction), the supply parts 130e, 130f, 130g, and 130h can be attached and detached.

  Here, in general, as the number of supply parts increases, the apparatus tends to be large. Even if it is easy to detach and replace one supply part (for example, 130a, 130e), the other supply part (for example, 130d, 130h) It may be difficult to remove and replace In such a situation, the present invention in which the supply parts can be exchanged from two directions within the projection surface of the cover member is particularly effective.

  Each of the above embodiments is applied to an image forming apparatus including a toner storage container as a supply part. Examples of the image forming apparatus include a copying machine, a facsimile machine, a printer, a printing machine, and a complex machine thereof. The first, second, and third embodiments are black and white machines, and the fourth embodiment is a toner of a plurality of colors. It can be used in color machines that require storage containers. Further, as described above, the present invention can also be employed in an image forming apparatus provided with a substantially rectangular ink container, a tube-type ink container, or the like as a supply part.

  Next, a sixth embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an image forming apparatus as an embodiment. In general, an image forming apparatus is assumed to be a unidirectional side (front side) where the user stands and an operation unit of the apparatus is disposed on the front side so that a toner container and printing paper can be exchanged from the front side. To do. However, depending on the installation environment of the image forming apparatus for each user, when the user cannot stand on the front side of the image forming apparatus, for example, the front side of the image forming apparatus may be blocked by a wall or the like. In this example, both the normal use where the user stands on the front side of the image forming apparatus and the irregular use where the user stands on the side of the image forming apparatus are supported without major changes even in such a case. It is something that can be done.

  In this example, the image forming apparatus 700 includes an apparatus main body 710 and a cover member 720, and the toner container can be replaced from the front side and the side side (corresponding to the image forming apparatus 400). The image forming apparatus 700 can open the cover member 720 to replace the toner container from the front side and the lateral direction, and the operation unit 711 disposed in the apparatus main body 710 can be used from the front side. In this case, the position is indicated by a solid line, and the position indicated by a broken line (reference numeral 711a) can be used when it corresponds to use from the lateral direction.

  In this example, the first storage and feeding device 730 that can replenish the printing paper from the front side (X in FIG. 8) of the printing paper storage and feeding device, and the printing from the lateral side (Y in FIG. 8). One storage paper feeding device is selected from the second storage paper feeding devices 740 capable of supplying paper, and is combined with the image forming apparatus 700. Here, the storage and feeding devices 730 and 740 have the same storage and feeding mechanism configuration, and only the take-out directions of the paper feeding cassettes 731 and 741 are different from the X direction in the drawing and the Y direction in the drawing.

In this example, when the image forming apparatus 700 is installed so that the user stands on the front side (C direction), the image forming apparatus 700 and the first storage paper feed are not changed without changing the operation unit 711 of the apparatus main body 710. Combine with device 730. Accordingly, a user standing on the near side (C direction) can operate the image forming apparatus, replace the toner container, and supply the printing paper.
On the other hand, when installing the image forming apparatus 700 so that the user does not stand on the front side and the user stands on the lateral side (B direction), the operation unit 711 of the apparatus main body 710 is moved to the position (711a) indicated by the broken line, The second storage paper feeding device 740 is combined. As a result, the user can operate the image forming apparatus, replace the toner container, and supply the printing paper from the lateral direction side (B direction).

1 is a perspective view illustrating an image forming apparatus as an embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the image forming apparatus which made the cover member the open state. It is a perspective view which shows the image forming apparatus as a 2nd Example. FIG. 1 illustrates an image forming apparatus with a cover member in an open state, in which (a) is a perspective view of the image forming apparatus and (b) is a perspective view of an image forming apparatus according to a modification. FIG. 3 shows an image forming apparatus as a third embodiment, where (a) is a perspective view of the image forming apparatus, and (b) is a perspective view of the image forming apparatus with a cover member in an open state. 4 shows an image forming apparatus according to a fourth embodiment, where (a) is a perspective view of the image forming apparatus, (b) is a perspective view showing the image forming apparatus with the cover member opened, and (c) is a perspective view. 1 is a side view of an image forming apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the image forming apparatus as a 4th Example. It is a perspective view which shows the image forming apparatus as a 5th Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Image forming apparatus 101 ... Upper surface part 102 ... Lower surface part 103 ... Hand front surface part 104 ... Back side part 105 ... Left side part 106 ... Right side part 107 ... Ridge line 108 ... Opening part 108a ... Upper side opening part 108b ... Back side opening part 108c ... Left side opening 108d ... right side opening 110 ... device main body 120 ... cover member 121 ... upper side part 122 ... back side part 123 ... left side part 124 ... right side part 125 ... support shaft 127 ... handle member 126,
130 ... Supply parts 130d, 130a, 130b, 130c ... Supply parts 130e, 130f, 130g, 130h ... Supply parts 200 ... Image forming apparatus 201 ... Top face part 203 ... Front face part 204 ... Back side face 205 ... Left face part 206 ... Right face part 208a ... upper opening 208b ... left opening 210 ... device main body 220 ... cover member 221 ... upper cover member 222 ... side cover member 225 ... support shaft 226 ... support shaft 227 ... handle member 228 ... handle member 300 ... image forming apparatus 305 ... left side 306 ... right side 308 ... upper side opening 308a ... upper side opening 308b ... side opening 309 ... side opening 321 ... upper side cover member 322 ... side cover member 325 ... support shaft 326 ... support shaft 400 ... Image forming apparatus 401 ... upper surface 403 ... hand front surface 404 ... back side 405 ... left surface 406 ... right side 407 ... ridge line 408a ... upper side opening 408b ... back side opening 408c ... left side opening 408d ... right side opening 410 ... device main body 420 ... cover member 421 ... main cover member 421a ... upper surface part 421b ... back side part 421c ... right side 422 ... secondary cover member 425 ... support shaft 426 ... support shaft 427 ... handle member 428 ... handle member 500 ... image forming apparatus 510 ... apparatus body 520 ... cover member 526 ... handle member 552 ... support shaft 560 ... support member 600 Image forming apparatus 610 ... Main body 620 ... Cover member 621 ... Support shaft 700 ... Image forming apparatus 710 ... Main body 711 ... Operation unit 720 ... Cover member 730 ... First storage paper feeders 731, 741, ... Paper feed cassette 740 ... Second storage paper feeder

Claims (4)

Comprising a replaceable supply components in the apparatus main body, along with the replacement opening of the supply part to the outer wall of the apparatus main body is opened, the apparatus having a cover member for covering the exchange opening to be opened and closed,
The replacement opening is opened to the outer wall portion disposed in different directions of the apparatus main body,
The cover member is an apparatus configured to allow replacement of the supply component from a replacement opening arranged in a different direction by being in an open state ,
The cover member is
A main cover member;
A secondary opening / closing cover that opens and closes in a secondary direction different from the opening / closing direction of the primary cover member disposed on the primary cover member;
Consists of
The main or opening one of the cover of the slave, and wherein the possible configured to tare Rukoto the replacement of the supply part from the open said replacement opening the cover member is covered with. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the supply parts are arranged . An image forming apparatus, wherein the supply component Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in container der Rukoto for accommodating toner. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in Rukoto can change the take-out direction of the operation direction and the paper feed cassette of the operation unit.