Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira UESHIMA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an opening and closing member that is movably supported between an opening position at which an inner portion of a main body of the apparatus is opened and a closing position at which the inner portion of the main body of the apparatus is closed, an engaged portion that is provided in the main body of the apparatus, an engaging member that is provided in the opening and closing member and is engaged to the engaged portion, and a reaction force generating mechanism that is provided in the opening and closing member, and urges the opening and closing member toward the opening position when the opening and closing member moves from the opening position to the closing position.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an opening and closing member that is movably supported between an opening position at which an inner portion of a main body of the apparatus is opened and a closing position at which the inner portion of the main body of the apparatus is closed;
- an engaged portion that is provided in the main body of the apparatus;
- an engaging member that is provided in the opening and closing member and is engaged to the engaged portion;
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- a reaction force generating mechanism that is provided in the opening and closing member, and urges the opening and closing member toward the opening position when the opening and closing member moves from the opening position to the closing position.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body that includes an engaged portion and an opening;
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- an opening and closing member that includes an engaging member and a reaction force generating portion, and is supported to be movable between an opening position at which an inner portion of the main body is exposed to an outside of the main body through the opening and an closing position at which the opening and closing member closes the opening,
- wherein the reaction force generating portion urges the opening and closing member toward the opening position when the opening and closing member is moved from the opening position to the closing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.