Layered structure
AssigneeSieko Epson Corporation
InventorsKiyoshi Chinzei, Toshinori Asai
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Abstract
A layered structure is provided with a recording unit, a reading unit whose back edge is connected to the recording unit via a pivot member, a support member having (i) a connecting portion that is connected pivotally to the reading unit, (ii) a contact portion that contacts a counterface surface of the recording unit facing the reading unit, and (iii) a support column that positions the contact portion at a position a certain distance from the connecting portion, a biased member that is biased against the support member in a forward direction, and a stopping portion formed on the counterface surface to stop the contact portion contacting the counterface surface from being displaced along the counterface surface.
Claims6
A layered structure, comprising:
- a lower structure;
- an upper structure joined to the lower structure via a pivot member;
- a support member having (i) a connecting portion that is connected pivotally to the upper structure, (ii) a contact portion that contacts a counterface surface of the lower structure facing the upper structure, and (iii) a support column that positions the contact portion at a position a certain distance from the connecting portion;
- a biased member that biases the support member in a forward direction with the connecting portion as an axis;
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- a stopping portion that is provided on the counterface surface and stops the contact portion that contacts the counterface surface from being displaced in a forward direction along the counterface surface, wherein
- a front edge of the upper structure is held at a certain distance from the lower structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.