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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Umehara, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Ota, Chigasaki, JP;
Kaneto Tokuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus comprises a main body, an operation panel configured to pivot about a pivot shaft, a stopper that has one end pivotably connected to the operation panel, and has a cam face on a surface thereof; a guide member that is provided on the main body and is configured to guide the stopper such that the stopper is slidable in a longitudinal direction of the stopper; and a pressing member that has a contact portion that comes into contact with the cam face, wherein the cam face has a plurality of divided cam faces that are provided in a shorter direction of the stopper, and the contact portion of the pressing member has a width that spans the plurality of divided cam faces in the shorter direction of the stopper.