Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirohisa Sawada
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; an operating portion mounted in a front surface side of the main assembly so as to be slidable in a widthwise direction of the main assembly and configured to be capable of inputting a signal to the main assembly, wherein the operating portion includes a first connector and a second connector; a first cable configured to electrically connect the main assembly and the first connector of the operating portion in a state in which a first loop is formed; and a second cable having a cable diameter smaller than a cable diameter of the first cable and configured to electrically connect the main assembly and the second connector of the operating portion in a state in which a second loop is formed inside the first cable.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main assembly;
- an operating portion mounted in a front surface side of said main assembly so as to be slidable in a widthwise direction of said main assembly and configured to be capable of inputting a signal to said main assembly, wherein said operating portion includes a display screen, a first connector and a second connector;
- a first cable configured to electrically connect said main assembly and said first connector of said operating portion in a state in which a first loop is formed and configured to send an image signal for displaying associated information at the display screen;
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- a second cable having a cable diameter smaller than a cable diameter of said first cable and configured to electrically connect said main assembly and said second connector of said operating portion in a state in which a second loop is formed inside said first cable when said first cable and said second cable are seen in a direction crossing said display screen.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main assembly;
- an operating portion movably mounted to said main assembly and configured to be capable of inputting a signal to said main assembly;
- a holding portion fixed to said main assembly and configured to movably hold said operating portion;
- a first cable configured to electrically connect said main assembly and said operating portion;
- a second cable configured to electrically connect said main assembly and said operating portion and having a cable diameter smaller than a cable diameter of said first cable;
- a first connector provided in said operating portion and configured to be connected with said first cable;
- a second connector provided in said operating portion and configured to be connected with said second cable;
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- a retaining portion provided in said holding portion and configured to retain said first and second cables at said holding portion,
- wherein said first cable is disposed between said operating portion and said holding portion so that said first cable forms a first loop from said retaining portion until said first cable is connected with said first connector,
- wherein said second cable is disposed between said operating portion and said holding portion so that said second cable forms a second loop from said retaining portion until said second cable is connected with said second connector, and
- wherein said first and second connectors are disposed so that a radium of curvature of the first loop is larger than a radium of curvature of the second loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.