Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100003050 | COVER OPENING/CLOSING STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a cover opening/closing structure includes a first cover and a second cover which are rotatably attached to a main body. A rotation locus of an end part of the second cover interferes with a rotation locus of an end part of the first cover. At least one of the first cover and the second cover includes an operating surface which, when the second cover is rotated from a closed position toward an open position in a half-opened state of the first cover in which the end part of the first cover interferes with the rotation locus of the end part of the second cover, receives a pressing force in a direction causing the first cover to become either one of an open position and a closed position by the end part of the first cover contacting the end part of the second cover. | 01-07-2010 |
20100327510 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus include: a main body having a side wall in which an opening is formed; a cover for opening and closing the opening; and a guide member for guiding a printed recording sheet, arranged in a position facing to the opening. The guide member is pivotally supported at its lower end portion on the main body. When the cover is being opened and the guide member is pivoted around its lower end portion as a pivot axis so that an upper end portion of the guide member is tilted toward the opened cover and into a lying-back position, a second sheet-output passage is formed which extends from the image forming unit toward the opened cover through the opening. The guide member is movable to a position away from the opened cover when it is in the lying-back position. | 12-30-2010 |
20140028170 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus, comprising: a main body; a first movable part; a second movable part; a locking mechanism; and a detection unit to detect a state of the locking mechanism, and wherein the locking mechanism comprises: a stopper provided on one of the main body and the first movable part; and a catching part provided on the other of the main body and the first movable part, wherein a support arm is formed to support the second movable part at a second separated position; the stopper is provided on each of one side and the other side in a width direction; the catching part is provided on each of the one side and the other side; the support arm is provided on each of the one side and the other side; and the detection unit is provided on one of the one side and the other side. | 01-30-2014 |