Door to rotate to provide access
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJustin Francke, Erich Coiner
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Abstract
An access device includes a door. The door is rotatable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the door covers an access opening of a compartment of a main body of the electronic device. In the open position, the door uncovers the access opening of the compartment to enable a user to access an inside of the compartment. The door including at least one connector to movably connect to the main body to enable the door to rotate about a central axis thereof. The door resides within the compartment in the open position and the closed position.
Claims11
An access device usable with an electronic device, the access device comprising:
- a door rotatable between a closed position to cover an access opening of a compartment of a main body of the electronic device and an open position to uncover the access opening of the compartment to enable a user to access an inside of the compartment, the door including a plurality of connectors to movably connect to the main body to enable the door to rotate about a central axis thereof, the plurality of connectors extending from an inner surface of the door and spaced apart from each other, and an angled member extending from the inner surface of the door having an end to insert into a respective hole of the main body;
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- wherein the door is to reside within the compartment in the open position and the closed position.
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a main body including a compartment having an access opening;
- at least one electrical connector disposed proximate to the compartment, the at least one electrical connector to receive an electronic device by a user;
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- an access device including:
- a door having a circular shape rotatable between a closed position to cover the access opening of the compartment and an open position to uncover the access opening of the compartment to enable a user to access the at least one electrical connector, the door including an inner surface, an outer surface and a plurality of connectors;
- the inner surface having a concave shape to face inwards toward the compartment in the closed position, and an angled member extending from the inner surface of the door having an end to insert into a respective hole of the main body;
- the outer surface having a convex shape to face outwards away from the compartment in the closed position;
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- the connectors to movably connect to the main body to enable the door to rotate about a central axis thereof corresponding to a diameter of the door;
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- wherein the door is to reside within the compartment in the open position and the closed position.
A method of accessing an electrical connector of a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- contacting a door disposed in a compartment of a main body of the printing apparatus in a closed position and in an open position, and having a circular shape and a central axis along a diameter thereof;
- rotating the door about the central axis from the closed position in which the door covers an access opening of the compartment to an open position in which the door uncovers the access opening of the compartment, wherein the rotating the door about the central axis comprises rotating the door about the central axis from the closed position to the open position in which a portion of the door is moved outside of the compartment and subsequently is placed back into the compartment;
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- accessing the electrical connector through the access opening and inside the compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.