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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Mami Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiro Akama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Mami Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiro Akama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cover open/close mechanism, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a cover having a free end and disposed movable between a closed state that a part of the apparatus body is covered and an open state that the covered part is exposed, a cover rotating shaft about which the cover rotates in a receding direction when the cover moves from the closed state to the open state, a support member rotating shaft disposed parallel to the cover rotating shaft, a cover rotating shaft support member to support the cover rotating shaft and to change a position of the cover rotating shaft with respect to the apparatus body by rotating about the support member rotating shaft, and a biasing member to bias the cover rotating shaft support member in a manner in which the cover rotating shaft support member rotates in an approaching direction.