Copying apparatus with openable upper housing

摘要

A copying apparatus comprises a document table disposed on the top of a housing and having a glass platen on which an original document is to be laid, the glass platen being movable between a first position to cover the top of the housing and a second position to open the top over the length and breadth thereof, a copying mechanism disposed inside the housing to reproduce on a sheet of copying paper an image of the original document laid on the glass platen, and a protective member attached to the housing for covering the opening of the housing, having openings and being able to move between a third position and a fourth position. The protective member covers the upper portion of the copying mechanism while staying in the third position and the protective member exposes the upper portion of the copying mechanism while staying in the fourth position when the glass platen is in the second position.