发明名称 Image processing device
摘要 An image processing device is provided with a first unit, a second unit attached to the first unit rotatably around a rotational axis, flat cables connecting elements in the first unit with elements in the second unit, and a guide member having wiring paths each defined between two of separations walls, the guide member guiding, from the first unit to the second unit, the flat cables laid through the wiring paths, respectively, in a state spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction thereof without contacting each other, at least one of the separation walls including a curving wall curving to surround the rotational axis, at least one of the flat cables guided to have a curving section along the curving wall, a first extension extending continuously from the curving section to the first unit, and a second extension extending continuously from the curving section to the second unit.
申请公布号 US8814454(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.08.26
申请号 US201313845357 申请日期 2013.03.18
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Ito Sakae
分类号 B41J29/02;G03G21/16 主分类号 B41J29/02
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. An image processing device comprising: a first unit; a second unit attached to the first unit via a hinge so as to be rotatable relative to the first unit around a rotational axis, at least one of the first unit and the second unit containing one of an image reading unit configured read an image from an object to be read and an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium; a plurality of flat cables configured to connect electrical elements disposed in the first unit with electrical elements disposed in the second unit; and a guide member having a plurality of wiring paths each defined between two of a plurality of separation walls, the guide member being configured to guide, from one to another of the first and second units, the plurality of flat cables laid through the plurality of wiring paths, respectively, in a state in which the plurality of flat cables are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction of the plurality of flat cables without contacting each other, at least one of the plurality of separation walls comprising a curving wall formed to curve and surround the rotational axis, at least one of the plurality of flat cables being guided have: a curving section that curves along the curving wall; a first extension that extends continuously from the curving section to the first unit; and a second extension that extends continuously from the curving section to the second unit.
地址 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken JP