Patent ID: 11971679
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A metal frame of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
a first support configured to support one end of an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet, the first support including a first metal plate and a second metal plate which supports the first metal plate below the first metal plate in a vertical direction;
a second support which is spaced apart from the first support and configured to support the other end of the image forming unit; and
a third support configured to connect the first support and the second support to each other,
wherein the first metal plate includes:
a first portion, and
a second portion which is bent substantially vertically from the first portion, and including a substantially right-angled corner portion being provided between the first portion and the second portion,

wherein the second metal plate includes:
a third portion,
a fourth portion which is bent substantially vertically upward in the vertical direction from an end portion in a first direction orthogonal to the vertical direction in the third portion, and engages with and is assembled to the first portion, and
a fifth portion which is bent substantially vertically upward in the vertical direction from an end portion in a second direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and the first direction in the third portion, and engages with and is assembled to the second portion,

wherein the fifth portion includes a first stretched portion which extends along the end portion in the second direction with respect to the third portion and a second stretched portion which is bent substantially vertical with respect to the first stretched portion and extends along the second direction, another corner portion located between the first stretched portion and the second stretched portion facing the corner portion of the first metal plate, and
wherein a tip of the second stretched portion faces the fourth portion.