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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2010
Sei Onuma, Ikeda, JP;
Nobuhiko Kita, Suita, JP;
Haruo Hashimoto, Ikeda, JP;
Masafumi Takahira, Toyonaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Toyonaka, JP;
Genta Hagiwara, Ikeda, JP;
Tatsuo Fukushima, Toyonaka, JP;
Sei Onuma, Ikeda, JP;
Nobuhiko Kita, Suita, JP;
Haruo Hashimoto, Ikeda, JP;
Masafumi Takahira, Toyonaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Toyonaka, JP;
Genta Hagiwara, Ikeda, JP;
Tatsuo Fukushima, Toyonaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an interlock device for turning a switch on and off in accordance with closing and opening of a plurality of covers covering a body of an electronic apparatus, one striker protrudes from each of the covers. An engagement member is provided inside the body of the electronic apparatus to move in a predetermined direction to contact and separate from the switch to turn the switch on and off. All the strikers contact the engagement member to turn on the switch when all the covers are closed. At least one of the strikers separates from the engagement member to turn off the switch when the corresponding cover is opened.