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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Eiji Wakiyama, Suntou-gun, JP;
Yasuhiro Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Kawanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Matsushima, Suntou-gun, JP;
Eiji Wakiyama, Suntou-gun, JP;
Yasuhiro Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Kawanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Matsushima, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus supporting mechanism comprises: a fixing memberfixed to the bottom of the apparatus; a connecting memberdisposed in the fixing memberin such a manner as to freely project and be housed; a supporting memberdisposed in the connecting memberand freely displaced between a first position, at which the supporting member is grounded or located proximate with respect to the installation plane of the apparatus, a second position, at which the supporting member is separate from the installation plane of the apparatus; and a displacing mechanism which displaces the supporting memberto the first position when the connecting memberprojects while displaces the supporting memberto the second position when the connecting memberis housed.