Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a damper unit which regulates movement of a door unit
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Application No.: US14876170Application Date: 2015-10-06
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Publication No.: US10025259B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Shigeo Doi , Tadahisa Sugiyama
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2014-209736 20141014
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; E05F5/06 ; E05F3/16 ; E05F3/20 ; E05D15/30 ; E05F3/14

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a door unit, and a loading portion that applies a load affecting movement of the door unit. The loading portion includes a rotating member, a damper unit, and an arm portion, which engages with the rotating member to extend and retract along an arc. The damper unit applies the load to the moving door unit such that, when a first arm member of the arm portion is engaged with the rotating member, the door unit can move to a first position at a first opening angle, and when a second arm member of the arm portion is engaged with the rotating member, the door unit can move to a second position at a second opening angle which is greater than the first opening angle. The first and second arm members move relative to each other with movement of the door unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160102488A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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