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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1997
Mayumi Masui, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Hagimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sensor mounting structure superior in durability for supporting by a frame member 17 on one side of a transport path a sensor body 22, including at least one of a light emitter 18 and a light detector 19, for detecting an object being transported along the transport path 12, the mounting structure comprising a pair of rising portions 23 spaced apart from each other and rising from the frame member 17 along both sides of the sensor body 22, each rising portion having a lock portion 24; and a pair of hook portions 25 releasably engaging the lock portions 24, wherein each hook portion 25 is capable of being deformed elastically in the direction in which both hook portions 25 come closer to each other in order to engage or disengage the corresponding lock portions 24.