Image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8934812-B2
Application number	US-201314041088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2013
Priority date	Oct 16, 2009
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

In one embodiment of an image forming apparatus of the present invention, the image forming apparatus includes an opening/closing cover that is supported so as to be capable of moving relative to an image forming apparatus main body and opens/closes an opening portion of the image forming apparatus main body; and a unit installed so as to be capable of swinging on an image forming apparatus main body side of the opening/closing cover, in which when the opening/closing cover is opened/closed, the unit moves in a track that moves around a guide shaft of the unit, and in a track that moves so as to follow opening/closing of the opening/closing cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming apparatus main body;
an opening/closing member capable of opening/closing relative to the image forming apparatus main body;
a unit installed on the opening/closing member so as to be capable of moving flexibly relative to the opening/closing member;
a guide axis provided in the unit; and
a guide member installed in the image forming apparatus main body so as to guide the guide axis when a closi…

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Nakazawa Shinji

Classifications

• G03G2215/0132

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G2221/169

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G15/16

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G21/168

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G15/161

  Physics · mapped topic