Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShigeo Doi, Tadahisa Sugiyama
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Abstract
A loading portion applying a load to a movement of an opening/closing unit include an arm portion engaged with the rotating member to cause the rotating member to be rotated according to the movement of the opening/closing unit, the arm portion includes a first arm member that includes a first engagement portion to be engaged with the rotating member and a second arm member that includes a second engagement portion to be engaged with the rotating member, and the first arm member move relatively to the second arm member in conjunction with an opening/closing operation of the opening/closing unit.
Claims19
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body of the image forming apparatus;
- an opening/closing unit that is provided to be opened or closed with respect to the main body;
- and
- a loading portion that applies a load on a movement of the opening/closing unit,
- wherein the loading portion includes
- a rotating member,
- a damper unit that applies a load to a rotation of the rotating member, and
- an arm portion that is engaged with the rotating member to cause the rotating member to be rotated according to the movement of the opening/closing unit,
- wherein a load of the damper unit is applied to the moving opening/closing unit by engaging the arm portion with the rotating member,
- wherein the arm portion includes
- a first arm member that includes a first engagement portion to be engaged with the rotating member, and
- a second arm member that includes a second engagement portion to be engaged with the rotating member when the opening/closing unit is opened larger than a position of the opening/closing unit where the rotating member and the first arm member are engaged, and is provided to be movable with respect to the first arm member, and
- wherein the first arm member and second arm member move relatively to each other in conjunction with an opening/closing operation of the opening/closing unit.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body of the image forming apparatus;
- an opening/closing unit that is opened or closed with respect to the main body;
- a gear that is rotated;
- a damper unit that applies a load to a rotation of the gear;
- a rack member that includes a gear portion to be meshed with the gear and rotates the gear according to a movement of the opening/closing unit;
- and
- a slide member that is provided in the rack member to be movable,
- wherein the rack member and the slide member move relatively to each other in an arrangement direction of teeth of the gear portion according to the movement of the opening/closing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.