发明名称 |
Open/close mechanism of upper frame for use in image forming apparatus |
摘要 |
This invention relates to an image forming apparatus constructed such that an upper frame is openably mounted on a main base frame and a pivotal movement transmitter (gear) is rotatably mounted on the upper frame about an axis of a rotation of the upper frame, i.e., in association with the rotation of the upper frame. The gear has a cam portion. One end of a lever comes into contact with part of the cam portion of the gear, while the opposite end of the lever comes into contact with a coil spring. Further, a distance from the pivotal axis of the gear to the contact position of the lever with the cam portion decreases in accordance with a proceeding of the closing operation. Accordingly, as the lever (cam follower) follows the cam portion in accordance with the closing operation of the upper frame, a compression force to compress the coil spring increases. Thereby, a brake force applied to the upper frame on the way of closing also increases.
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申请公布号 |
US5860044(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1999.01.12 |
申请号 |
US19970966505 |
申请日期 |
1997.11.10 |
申请人 |
MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. |
发明人 |
EKI, MAKOTO;MIZUNO, MASAYUKI;TANIGUCHI, SUSUMU;KIMATA, HIDEAKI;BAN, KEIJI;ARIMA, HIROYUKI;YAMAGUCHI, KATSUHIDE |
分类号 |
B41J29/13;B41J29/54;G03B27/62;G03G15/04;G03G21/16;H04N1/00;(IPC1-7):G03G15/00 |
主分类号 |
B41J29/13 |
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