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

Claim 0:
1. 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 which the printing medium on which a printing operation 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;
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; and
a door provided in the lifting side wall that is at least partially hidden by the fixed side wall when the scanner part is positioned in a bottom dead position,
wherein the door is away from the fixed side wall to open and close when the scanner part is positioned in a top dead position.