Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with improved feeling when opening cover
- Patent Title (中): 打开盖子时具有改善感觉的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12562716Application Date: 2009-09-18
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Publication No.: US09310760B2Publication Date: 2016-04-12
- Inventor: Hiroshi Ichikawa
- Applicant: Hiroshi Ichikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2008-250757 20080929
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus which forms an image with an image forming section includes: a casing in which the image forming section is arranged; a cover which is displaceably attached to the casing; a first elastic portion which is elastically deformable, and which is provided on one of the casing and the cover, the first elastic portion having an engage-objective portion which is engageable with an engaging portion provided on the other of the casing and the cover; and a second elastic portion which is elastically deformable, and which applies, to the first elastic portion, a force in a direction returning the first elastic portion to an original state when the first elastic portion is deformed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100080620A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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