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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Manabu Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A housing engagement structure used for a housing to accommodate therein an apparatus body includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member includes a first wall having a first overlap portion being an end of the first wall. The second housing member includes: a second wall having a second overlap portion being an end of the second wall configured to be in contact with an inner surface of the first overlap portion and overlapped with the first overlap portion; and a first reinforcement rib projected from the inner surface of the second wall and extending to a position to be in contact with an inner surface of the first wall in the vicinity of the first overlap portion thereby reinforcing the first overlap portion.