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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Meidensha Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihiko Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiko Kodama, Ota, JP;
Noboru Shiozawa, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Makoto Miwa, Haibara-gun, JP;
Shigenori Ikeda, Makinohara, JP;
MEIDENSHA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A door opening and closing mechanism includes: a door configured to open and close a front side opening of a housing, wherein an electronic device is housed in the housing and is exposed through the front side opening; and an accommodation mechanism configured to accommodate the door in the housing when the door is in open state. The accommodation mechanism includes: an opening and closing action unit configured to cause an opening action and a closing action of the door; and a retracting action unit configured to retract the opening and closing action unit into the housing so as to accommodate the door in the housing, when the door is brought in open state by the opening and closing action unit.