Image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10873796-B2
Application number	US-201816202016-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2018
Priority date	Nov 30, 2017
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

An image forming apparatus has a speaker that is stored inside a housing and includes an attachment guide to which the speaker is attached on a housing front surface. The attachment guide has at least one angle deciding portion which inclines a front surface of the speaker relative to the housing front surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus in which a speaker is stored inside a housing, the image forming apparatus comprising
an attachment guide to which the speaker is attached on an inside surface of the housing, and
an enclosure which encloses a back surface of the speaker, wherein
the attachment guide has at least one angle deciding portion which inclines a front surface of the speaker relative to the inside surface of the housing, and is formed with a guide inside surface along an outer edge of the speaker, and is arranged inside housing front surface above a stacking tray,
the enclosure has a contact portion and the contact portion engages with a guide outside of the attachment guide, and
wherein a portion of the housing front surface corresponding to the attachment guide is inclined in the height direction so as to project outward in the horizontal direction.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the inside surface of the housing is formed with a plurality of sound holes penetrating from inside to outside at a position facing the front surface of the speaker.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the outside surface of the housing on which the attachment guide is provided is inclined so as to protrude to outside toward an upper side in a height direction.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
each of sound holes has a rectangular shape in which any one side is formed to be longer than a side adjacent thereto.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
each of sound holes has a longitudinal direction set to be inclined relative to a horizontal direction.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the front surface of the speaker is inclined so as to be separated from the inside surface of the housing toward an upper side in a height direction.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Taguchi Noriaki
• Nakamura Yasushi
• Takeda Shinichi
• Kanemitsu Hiroki

Classifications

• H04R1/028

  associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles · CPC title

• H04R1/023

  Screens for loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R1/323

  for loudspeakers (H04R1/34 and H04R1/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04R1/025 Primary

  Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture · CPC title

• H04N1/00519

  Constructional details not otherwise provided for, e.g. housings, covers · CPC title