Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15842630Application Date: 2017-12-14
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Publication No.: US10073407B2Publication Date: 2018-09-11
- Inventor: Tsuyoshi Koyanagi
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2016-244296 20161216
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a cover and a hinge portion. The hinge portion couples the cover with an apparatus main body in openable/closable manner. The hinge portion includes an inner rail member, an intermediate rail member, and a movable rail member. The inner rail member is provided on an inner side of an opening in the apparatus main body, and is arc-shaped. The intermediate rail member is slidably supported by the inner rail member and displaced between a first position and a second position. The movable rail member includes a coupling portion and a supported portion, is slidably supported by the intermediate rail member, and when the cover is opened, is slid from a third position to a fourth position which is further outward of the opening than the third position and at which the coupling portion is disposed below a lower edge of the opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180173154A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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