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

Claim 4:
5. The metal frame of an image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the first support includes a first side plate which supports the image forming unit, a second side plate configured to support the first side plate below the first side plate, and a bottom plate configured to support the second side plate below the second side plate,
the second support includes a third side plate which supports the image forming unit with the first side plate, a first support column configured to support one end side in a direction orthogonal to a vertical direction and a plate thickness direction of the third side plate in the third side plate, and a second support column configured to support the other end side in the direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and the plate thickness direction of the third side plate in the third side plate, and
the first metal plate is the second side plate, and the second metal plate is the bottom plate.