Patent ID: 11917112
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming part to print an image on a printing medium, the image forming part comprising a discharging tray on the printing medium on which a printing operation which is completed is loaded and located on an upper surface of the image forming part;
a scanner part to read an image from a document, the scanner part being located above the image forming part to form a space therebetween and to move up and down with respect to the image forming part; and
a pair of side walls facing each other and located between the image forming part and the scanner part, the pair of side walls comprising a fixed side wall supported on the image forming part and a lifting side wall to move up and down with respect to the fixed side wall and supported by the scanner part,
wherein the lifting side wall of the pair of side walls comprises a door that is at least partially hidden by the fixed side wall when the scanner part is positioned in a bottom dead position; and
the door is raised away from the fixed side wall to open and close when the scanner part is positioned in a top dead position.