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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1996
Kotaro Kawasaki, Osaka, JP;
Kazumi Noda, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
A semi-openable document presser for an image forming apparatus includes a main member and an auxiliary member in which the main member is pivotably mounted on the image forming apparatus. A biasing pivotal coupler is disposed between the main and auxiliary members, the coupler providing a biasing force which biasingly disposes the main and auxiliary members in a non-actuated position in which the main and auxiliary members are in a generally planar relationship. The document presser is operable to the actuated by an operator to overcome the biasing force to dispose the main and auxiliary members in an actuated position which disposes the main and auxiliary members in a non-planar relationship.