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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Yohichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masanao Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masateru Kohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Odanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masanao Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masateru Kohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Odanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control panel of the present invention includes a base and a mount mounted on the base and loaded with a display and devices to be operated by the operator of the apparatus. The base includes a support portion for supporting the mount. The support portion supports the front edge portion of the mount by causing it to slidably contact the front edge portion of the support portion in substantially the front-and-rear direction and supports the rear wall of the mount with its rear wall such that the rear wall of the mount is movable in the up-and-down direction and can be fixed in position in the same direction. The angle of the top of the mount is therefore variable without resorting to extra members for angular movement.