Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hinge assembly and image forming apparatus having the same
- Patent Title (中): 铰链组件和具有该组合件的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14485126Application Date: 2014-09-12
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Publication No.: US09538031B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Jung-hoon Lee , Jung-ho Bang
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2013-0116509 20130930; KR10-2013-0130972 20131031; KR10-2014-0115326 20140901
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; E05D7/00 ; E05F1/12

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus including a hinge assembly to mutually hinge-connect a main body and a cover unit of the image forming apparatus and the hinge assembly is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a cover unit configured to be disposed on an upper side of the main body to press a manuscript, and at least one hinge assembly configured to connect the cover unit to the main body, wherein the hinge assembly includes a first body detachably mounted on the main body, a second body of which a part is fastened to the cover unit and another part is hinge-connected with the first body, a pressing unit accommodated in the first body to press the second body upward, and a pressing force adjuster configured to adjust a hinge force between the first body and the second body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150067986A1 HINGE ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-03-12
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