Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoo-hung Jeong, Seung-hak Han, Dong-ha Choi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: a first body; a second body to pivot between a closed position and an open position in relation to the first body; a guide lever member to control a pivoting of the second body and having a first end connected to one of the first body and the second body, and a second end, opposite the first end; and a guide rail member including: a guide rail along which the second end of the guide lever member is slidably connected. The guide rail member includes a first pressing portion to constrain the second end of the guide lever member in the open position of the second body, and a second pressing portion to prevent the second body from abruptly closing while the second body is being closed.
Claims27
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first body to perform an image forming operation on a print medium;
- a second body to pivot between a closed position and an open position in relation to the first body;
- a guide lever member to control a pivoting of the second body, the guide lever member having a first end connected to one of the first body and the second body, and a second end, opposite the first end;
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- a guide rail member comprising:
- a guide rail along which the second end of the guide lever member is connected to slide between a first end of the guide rail corresponding to the open position of the second body and a second end of the guide rail corresponding to the closed position of the second body,
- a first pressing portion to constrain the second end of the guide lever member in the first end of the guide rail when the second body is in the open position, and
- a second pressing portion to prevent the second body from abruptly pivoting from the open position to the closed position.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first body to perform an image forming operation on a print medium;
- a second body to pivot between a closed position and an open position in relation to the first body;
- a plurality of guide lever members to control a pivoting of the second body, each guide lever member having a first end connected to one of the first body and the second body, and a second end, opposite the first end;
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- a plurality of guide rail members, each guide rail member corresponding to one guide lever member and comprising:
- a guide rail along which the second end of the corresponding guide lever member is connected to slide between a first end of the guide rail corresponding to the open position of the second body and a second end of the guide rail corresponding to the closed position of the second body,
- a first pressing portion to constrain the second end of the corresponding guide lever member in the first end of the guide rail when the second body is in the open position, and
- a second pressing portion to prevent the second body from abruptly pivoting from the open position to the closed position.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first body to perform an image forming operation on a print medium;
- a second body to pivot between a closed position and an open position in relation to the first body;
- a guide lever member to control a pivoting of the second body, the guide lever member having a first end connected to one of the first body and the second body, and a second end, opposite the first end;
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- a guide rail member comprising:
- a guide rail along which the second end of the guide lever member is connected to slide between a first end of the guide rail corresponding to the open position of the second body and a second end of the guide rail corresponding to the closed position of the second body, and
- a first pressing portion to constrain the second end of the guide lever member in the first end of the guide rail when the second body is in the open position.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first body to perform an image forming operation on a print medium;
- a second body to pivot between a closed position and an open position in relation to the first body;
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- an opening/closing unit to guide the second body to be open and closed in relation to the first body,
- wherein the opening/closing unit comprises:
- a guide lever member to control a pivoting of the second body, the guide lever member having a first end connected to one of the first body and the second body, and a second end, opposite the first end;
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- a guide rail member to be formed in the other one of the first body and the second body, and to be movably connected to the second end of the guide lever member, the guide rail member comprising a pressing portion to constrain the second body, the pressing portion putting pressure in a direction different from the movement of the guide lever member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.