Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus capable of restricting opening of cover
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Application No.: US15682265Application Date: 2017-08-21
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Publication No.: US10585386B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Maeda
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2016-161998 20160822
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an inner cover, an outer cover, a first pressing portion, and a restricting portion. The inner cover is opened and closed for a developer storage portion storing developer to be attached or detached. The outer cover is made of resin and provided on an outer side of the inner cover, and opened and closed in a same direction as the inner cover. The first pressing portion is provided on the outer cover and, when the outer cover is closed in a state where the inner cover is opened, comes into contact with and presses the inner cover in a closing direction. When the inner cover is closed, the restricting portion is engaged with the inner cover at a lock position located on an upstream side of a predetermined closing position of the inner cover in the closing direction, and restricts opening of the inner cover.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180052419A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RESTRICTING OPENING OF COVER Public/Granted day:2018-02-22
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