Opening-closing mechanism and image-forming apparatus

摘要

A movable member is movable with respect to a main body in conjunction with movement of an opening-closing member while changing a posture relative to the opening-closing member such that a gap between the movable member and the opening-closing member is gradually reduced when the opening-closing member moves from an open position toward a closed position. The movable member is configured such that when an article is inserted into the gap during the movement of the opening-closing member from the open position toward the closed position, a movement path is switched, by a reaction force received from the article inserted into the gap, from a first path along which the movable member moves while reducing the gap to a second path in which the gap is not reduced.

主权项

1. An opening-closing mechanism comprising:
an opening-closing member movable, with respect to a main body of an image-forming apparatus, between an open position in which the interior of the main body is open and a closed position in which the interior of the main body is closed; and a movable member movable, with respect to the main body, in conjunction with movement of the opening-closing member such that a gap between the movable member and the opening-closing member is reduced as the opening-closing member moves from the open position toward the closed position, the movable member including a display unit, which displays information about the image-forming apparatus, wherein the movable member moves in conjunction with the movement of the opening-closing member while changing the position and orientation relative to the opening-closing member such that a display direction of the display unit is maintained at a predetermined direction, and when an article is not inserted into the gap between the movable member and the opening-closing member during the movement of the opening-closing member from the open position toward the closed position, the movable member moves along a first path, and when the article is inserted into the gap between the movable member and the opening-closing member during the movement of the opening-closing member from the open position toward the closed position, the movable member moves along a second path which is different from the first path and in which the gap is not reduced.