Cabinet structure, electronic equipment, and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9494911-B2
Application number	US-201514957196-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2015
Priority date	Mar 3, 2014
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

A cabinet structure includes multiple cover members configured to spatially partition an inside from an outside of a cabinet, and a clearance communicating between the inside and the outside of the cabinet is left between two cover members, the two cover members being adjacent to each other, of the cover members, and a passage defined by the clearance and leading from the inside to the outside of the cabinet through the clearance has a shape with multiple bends.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cabinet structure, comprising:
multiple cover members configured to spatially partition an inside from an outside of a cabinet, the multiple cover members including a first cover member and a second cover member adjacent to each other with a clearance therebetween between the inside and the outside of the cabinet;
a first protrusion protruding into the inside of the cabinet from the first cover member; and
a second protrusion protruding into the inside of the cabinet from the second cover member, wherein
an end of the first protrusion is surrounded by at least the second protrusion on three sides thereof, and
the clearance is formed between the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

2. The cabinet structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first cover member and the second cover member are fixed cover members fixed to a body of the cabinet structure.

3. The cabinet structure according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the the first cover member and the second cover member is a hinged cover member being operable to open and close.

4. An electronic equipment comprising:
a device configured to perform an operation and emit sound during the operation; and
the cabinet structure according to claim 1 , the cabinet structure configured to cover the device.

5. An image forming apparatus comprising: the cabinet structure according to claim 1 .

6. A cabinet structure comprising:
multiple cover members configured to spatially partition an inside from an outside of a cabinet, the multiple cover members including a first cover member and a second cover member adjacent to each other with a clearance therebetween between the inside and the outside of the cabinet;
a first protrusion protruding into the inside of the cabinet from the first cover member; and
a second protrusion protruding into the inside of the cabinet from the second cover member, wherein
the clearance is formed so that an end of the first protrusion is surrounded by at least the second protrusion, and an end of the second protrusion and the end of the first protrusion overlap with each other in a protrusion direction of the first protrusion.

7. The cabinet structure according to claim 6 , wherein a length of a portion in a direction along the first protrusion is equal to or larger than 3.0 millimeters, the portion being a portion at which the end of the first protrusion and the end of the second protrusion overlap with each other.

8. The cabinet structure according to claim 6 , wherein the first cover member and the second cover member are fixed cover members fixed to a body of the cabinet structure.

9. The cabinet structure according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first cover member and the second cover member is a hinged cover member operable to open and close.

10. An electronic equipment comprising:
a device configured to perform an operation and emit sound during the operation; and
the cabinet structure according to claim 6 , the cabinet structure configured to cover the device.

11. An image forming apparatus comprising:
the cabinet structure according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Matsuda Naoki
• Ishida Masahiro
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuda Naoki
• Ishida Masahiro

Classifications

• G03G21/206

  Conducting air through the machine, e.g. for cooling, filtering, removing gases like ozone · CPC title

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title

• G10K15/00

  Acoustics not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G10K11/16

  Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general (G10K11/36 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03G21/1609

  for space saving, e.g. structural arrangements · CPC title