Angle adjusting device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus configured to form an image based on a command input by a user, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• an operations panel by which the command is input;
• an image forming apparatus main body configured to form the image based on the command input by the operations panel;
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• an angle adjusting device, the angle adjusting device being configured to support the operations panel so that up and down rotation of the operations panel against an apparatus main body can be made in a designated angle range and configured to adjust a rotational angle of the operations panel in up and down directions against the apparatus main body, the angle adjusting device including:
• a fixing member fixed to the apparatus main body;
• a rotation member where the operations panel is provided, the rotation member being provided to the fixing member so as to be rotated with respect to a designated rotation shaft in the designated angle range;
• a lock mechanism configured to lock rotation of the rotation member against the fixing member with respect to the rotation shaft, at one ore more parts in the designated angle range, by using a force other than a frictional force between the fixing member and the rotation member;
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• a setting mechanism configured to set a lock-on state and lock-off state of the lock mechanism.

An angle adjusting device configured to support an operations panel so that up and down rotation of the operations panel against an apparatus main body can be made in a designated angle range and configured to adjust a rotational angle of the operations panel in up and down directions against the apparatus main body, the angle adjusting device comprising:

• a fixing member fixed to the apparatus main body;
• a rotation member where the operations panel is provided, the rotation member being provided to the fixing member so as to be rotated with respect to a designated rotation shaft in the designated angle range;
• a lock mechanism configured to lock rotation of the rotation member against the fixing member with respect to the rotation shaft, at plural parts in the designated angle range;
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• a lever reciprocating in a designated shaft direction and setting a lock-on state and a lock-off state of the lock mechanism by a moving position.

An image forming apparatus configured to form an image based on a command input by a user, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• an operations panel by which the command is input;
• an image forming apparatus main body configured to form the image based on the command input by the operations panel;
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• an angle adjusting device, the angle adjusting device being configured to support the operations panel so that up and down rotation of the operations panel against an apparatus main body can be made in a designated angle range and configured to adjust a rotational angle of the operations panel in up and down directions against the apparatus main body, the angle adjusting device including:
• a fixing member fixed to the apparatus main body;
• a rotation member where the operations panel is provided, the rotation member being provided to the fixing member so as to be rotated with respect to a designated rotation shaft in the designated angle range;
• a lock mechanism configured to lock rotation of the rotation member against the fixing member with respect to the rotation shaft, at plural parts in the designated angle range;
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• a lever reciprocating in a designated shaft direction and setting a lock-on state and a lock-off state of the lock mechanism by a moving position.