Image forming apparatus including a main power switch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9632468-B2
Application number	US-201514976382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2015
Priority date	Dec 24, 2014
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

An arrangement structure of a main power switch includes an apparatus body, the main power switch, and a movable member. The apparatus body has a dead space on a front side. The main power switch is disposed in the dead space. The movable member is disposed in the apparatus body to cover the main power switch. The movable member is drawable from the apparatus body in a horizontal direction. The movable member includes an opening opposed to the main power switch, to expose the main power switch to outside.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus body;
a sheet feed tray in the apparatus body and having an exterior member, the sheet feed tray drawable from the apparatus body in a horizontal direction; and
a main power switch on the apparatus body,
wherein the exterior member of the sheet feed tray includes an opening opposed to the main power switch, configurable to expose the main power switch to outside,
wherein the sheet feed tray includes a cover on a front side thereof to cover the main power switch on an inner side of the sheet feed tray in the apparatus body and adjacent to a sheet conveyance path within the apparatus body.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an openable transparent cover on the opening.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the main power switch is on an inner side of the sheet feed tray in the apparatus body and adjacent to a sheet conveyance path within the apparatus body.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a touch panel operation switch separately provided from the main power switch,
wherein the main power switch is a push switch.

5. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus body;
a sheet feed tray in the apparatus body and having an exterior member, the sheet feed tray drawable from the apparatus body in a horizontal direction;
a main power switch on the apparatus body;
wherein the exterior member of the sheet feed tray includes an opening opposed to the main power switch, configurable to expose the main power switch to outside; and
an openable transparent cover on the opening,
wherein the transparent cover is configured to move together with the sheet feed tray when the sheet feed tray is drawn from the apparatus body.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the main power switch is configured to be exposed to the outside when the sheet feed tray is drawn from the apparatus body.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the main power switch is on an inner side of the sheet feed tray in the apparatus body and adjacent to a sheet conveyance path within the apparatus body.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising a touch panel operation switch separately provided from the main power switch,
wherein the main power switch is a push switch.

Assignees

• Ueda Yuta
• Sato Yuki
• Akiyama Mami
• Akama Shiro
• Ishimitsu Hiroki
• Higuchi Sakie
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Yuta
• Sato Yuki
• Akiyama Mami
• Akama Shiro
• Ishimitsu Hiroki
• Higuchi Sakie

Classifications

• G03G21/1633

  using doors or covers (G03G21/1638 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03G15/5016 Primary

  User-machine interface; Display panels; Control console · CPC title

• G03G15/80

  Details relating to power supplies, circuits boards, electrical connections · CPC title