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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Michiaki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an opening/closing device including an opening/closing member that rotates to open and close an opening of a housing, a shaft member that is formed at a portion on one side of the opening/closing member and is formed of a shaft about which the opening/closing member rotates with respect to the housing, a grip portion that is formed at a portion on the other side of the opening/closing member and is gripped by a user, a meshed portion that is formed at a portion on the other side of the opening/closing member and meshes with a meshing portion formed at the housing, and a restraint unit that is formed at a portion on one side of the opening/closing member and restrains the opening/closing member from being deformed due to a release of meshing of the meshing portion with the meshed portion.