Image formation apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinnichiro Otsuki, Michio Kasuya, Kazuya Ijuin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an image formation apparatus comprising a first housing and a second housing which can be freely opened and closed, and in the first housing a locking nail is provided while a locking member is provided in the second housing, to which the locking nail can be hooked or released therefrom. Then, detection means is provided for the locking member in the second housing for detecting whether the locking nail is hooked or its hooking is released.
Claims10
An image formation apparatus including the following:
- an upper cover which constitutes a first housing;
- a lower cover which constitutes a second housing, said second housing forming the main body of the apparatus together with said upper cover to enable said first housing to be freely opened and closed;
- a locking nail provided for one of said first housing and said second housing;
- a locking member to be locked on said locking nail, the locking member being provided for the other of said first housing and said second housing;
- detection means provided for said second housing for detecting the state that said locking member is being locked on said locking nail.
An image formation apparatus including the following:
- an upper cover which constitutes a first housing;
- a lower cover which constitutes a second housing, said second housing forming the main body of the apparatus together with said upper cover to enable said first housing to be freely opened and closed;
- a locking nail provided for said first housing;
- a locking member provided for said second housing to be locked on said locking nail;
- a recording unit for performing recording on a recording medium, said recording unit being provided in said first housing and said second housing;
- a feeding path for feeding said recording medium to said recording unit;
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- a feeding path for recording is provided in said first housing and said second housing, said feeding path for recording having a feed roller in said second housing, and a shaft of said feed roller constituting said locking member.
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- an upper cover which constitutes a first housing;
- a lower cover which constitutes a second housing, said second housing forming a main body of the apparatus together with said first housing to enable said first housing to be freely opened and closed;
- a locking nail provided on said first housing;
- a feeding path for feeding a recording medium, a feeding path for recording is provided in said first housing and said second housing, said feeding path for recording having a feed roller in said second housing, and the shaft of said feed roller constituting a locking member to which said locking nail is hooked;
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- a recording unit for performing recording on said recording medium, said recording unit being provided in said first housing and said second housing, and said recording unit having a recording head, a head holder for holding said recording head, a resilient member for pressing the recording head against said feed roller, and an elongated supporting member for receiving one end of the resilient member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.