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US 2014/0212167 A1Published application
Connection mechanism and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJun Agata
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Abstract
A connection mechanism includes a connecting portion including a rotation arm rotatable around a rotation shaft, an urging unit configured to urge the rotation arm, and an engagement pin provided on the rotation arm; and a connected portion having an engagement groove formed in a tapered shape in an urging direction of the urging unit so as to allow entering of the engagement pin and holding of the engagement pin by the urging force of the urging unit.
Claims12
A connection mechanism comprising:
- a connecting portion including a rotation arm rotatable around a rotation shaft, an urging unit configured to urge the rotation arm, and an engagement pin provided on the rotation arm;
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- a connected portion having an engagement groove formed in a tapered shape in an urging direction of the urging unit so as to allow entering of the engagement pin and holding of the engagement pin by the urging force of the urging unit.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming apparatus main body configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a connected apparatus to be connected to the image forming apparatus main body;
- a rotatable rotation arm provided on one of the image forming apparatus main body and the connected apparatus;
- an urging unit configured to urge the rotation arm;
- an engagement pin provided on the rotation arm;
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- an engagement groove provided in the other of the image forming apparatus main body and the connected apparatus and formed in a tapered shape in an urging direction of the urging unit so as to allow entering of the engagement pin and holding of the engagement pin by the urging force of the urging unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.