摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-friendly operation panel structure of an image forming device based on a universal design. <P>SOLUTION: The operation panel structure of the image forming device includes an operation panel that has an operation part protruding from a front face of a device body and is installed at the upstream in a paper sheet discharge direction from a paper sheet discharge part. The structure includes a first support means 40 for rotatably supporting the operation panel in the vertical direction along a vertical plane around a rotation shaft 44, and a second support means 60 for rotatably supporting the operation panel in the horizontal direction along a horizontal plane around a rotation shaft 63. The first support means 40 has a coil spring 51 which locks only for pressing the operation panel downward, wherein the coil spring 51 unlocks by pressing a releasing member 54 downward. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |