Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyuji Hamasaki, Tetsuji Suzuki
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Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus in which a movable member comes close to an opening to cover a part of the opening in the open state of an opening and closing member. In the course of change from the open state to the state in which an entering portion enters the inside of the housing, the movable member is pressed by the entering portion to move away from the opening and the opening and closing member moves toward the opening. In the closed state of the opening and closing member, the movable member is placed in a position further away from the opening than in the open state, and the opening and closing member is in the position in which the opening and closing member covers a part of the opening while forming a gap between the opening and closing member and the housing.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- an opening and closing member provided on the housing;
- an opening and closing detection unit that is provided inside the housing, includes a movable member that moves in conjunction with opening and closing of the opening and closing member, and detects an open state and a closed state of the opening and closing member based on a position of the movable member;
- an environment detection unit that is provided in same space inside the housing as space in which the opening and closing detection unit is provided, and that detects environment information;
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- a control unit that controls an image forming operation according to a detection result of the environment detection unit, wherein
- the housing includes an opening that penetrates from an outside of the housing to the space which is inside the housing and in which the environment detection unit is provided,
- the opening and closing member includes an entering portion that enters the inside of the housing via the opening in a course of change from the open state to the closed state,
- the housing includes a gap between an edge of the opening and the entering portion in a state in which the entering portion enters the opening,
- the movable member comes close to the opening to cover at least a part of the opening in the open state of the opening and closing member,
- in a course of change from the open state to a state in which the entering portion enters the inside of the housing via the opening, the movable member is pressed by the entering portion to move in a direction away from the opening and the opening and closing member moves in a direction toward the opening, and
- in the closed state of the opening and closing member, the movable member is placed in a position further away from the opening than in the open state, and the opening and closing member is placed in a position in which the opening and closing member covers at least a part of the opening while forming a gap between the opening and closing member and the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.