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US 7,734,214 B2Granted
Storage unit holding mechanism and image forming apparatus having the holding mechanism
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSadahiro Masuda
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Abstract
A system board provided with electrical components is contained in a substrate frame, a reinforcing frame is pivotally fixed to an peripheral part of the substrate frame, and an HDD is mounted on the reinforcing frame in a vibration-damping manner. With this structure, the HDD is mounted on the system board in a floating state, and a space is formed between them as an airflow passage.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit holding mechanism which holds a storage unit in a floating state to a substrate provided with electrical components, comprising:
- a substrate frame to support the substrate;
- a first beam bridged on the substrate frame over the substrate;
- a second beam bridged on the substrate frame over the substrate and separately formed from the first beam;
- a holding plate screwed on the storage unit and supported by the first beam and the second beam;
- a first antivibration member inserted between the holding plate and the first beam to absorb vibration;
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- a second antivibration member inserted between the holding plate and the second beam to absorb vibration.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a paper supply cassette which is mounted removably in a first direction to a main body of the apparatus;
- an image forming unit which forms an image on a paper sheet supplied from the paper supply cassette;
- a substrate frame which holds a storage unit in a floating state to a substrate provided with electrical components in the main body of the apparatus;
- a first beam bridged on the substrate frame over the substrate;
- a second beam bridged on the substrate frame over the substrate and separately formed from the first beam;
- a holding plate screwed on the storage unit and supported by the first beam and the second beam, the holding plate is aligned and parallel with the substrate while in the holding position forming ventilating airflow space to the substrate;
- a first antivibration member inserted between the holding plate and the first beam to absorb vibration;
- a second antivibration member inserted between the holding plate and the second beam to absorb vibration;
- and
- a cover which covers the storage unit held by the holding plate.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit which forms an image on a paper sheet;
- a substrate frame to support a substrate provided with electrical components;
- a first beam bridged on the substrate frame over the substrate:
- a second beam bridged on the substrate frame over the substrate and separately formed from the first beam:
- a holding plate screwed on the storage unit and supported by the first beam and the second beam, the holding plate is aligned and parallel with the substrate while in the holding position forming airflow space to the substrate;
- a first antivibration member inserted between the holding plate and the first beam to absorb vibration;
- a second antivibration member inserted between the holding plate and the second beam to absorb vibration;
- and
- a cover which covers the storage unit held by the holding plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.