Scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDae-Lim Shin
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Abstract
A scanning apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same. The scanning apparatus includes: a main body having a scanning unit; a cover to open and close upon an upper surface of the main body; a hinge unit disposed on one of the main body and the cover so that the cover is rotatable with respect to the main body; a hinge accommodating unit disposed on the other of the main body and the cover to accommodate the hinge unit so that the cover is movable in an upward and downward direction with respect to the upper surface of the main body; and a movement restricting unit disposed on at least one of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit to restrict a movement of the cover in the upward and downward direction.
Claims20
A scanning apparatus, comprising:
- a main body having a scanning unit;
- a cover to open and close upon an upper surface of the main body;
- a hinge unit disposed on one of the main body and the cover so that the cover is rotatable with respect to the main body;
- a hinge accommodating unit disposed on the other of the main body and the cover to accommodate the hinge unit so that the cover is movable in an upward and downward direction with respect to the upper surface of the main body;
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- an movement restricting unit to restrict a movement of the cover in the upward and downward direction,
- wherein the movement restricting unit comprises:
- an engagement unit disposed on one of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit, and
- an internal protruding piece of an engagement projection disposed on the other of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit to contact the engagement unit when the cover moves upwardly with respect to the upper surface of the main body, the internal protruding piece which selectively passes through one of a plurality of thru-holes formed in the upward and downward direction in the other of hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit, which adjusts with respect to the other of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit, and which allows the cover to travel along a distance in the upward and downward direction that includes having the cover contact the upper surface of the main body,
- wherein if the internal protruding piece of the engagement projection passes through any one of the plurality of thru-holes, then a distance of travel for the cover is limited over a range of travel in the upward and downward direction which includes the cover contacting the upper surface of the main body.
A method of coupling a cover of an image forming apparatus to a main body of the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- coupling the cover of the image forming apparatus to the main body of the image forming apparatus with a hinge unit accommodated by a hinge accommodating unit to allow movement of the cover in directions perpendicular to a plane of a platen of the image forming apparatus;
- applying a movement restricting force to at least one of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit to restrict a movement of the cover in the directions perpendicular to the plane of the platen of the image forming apparatus;
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- contacting an engagement unit disposed on one of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit with an projection, which includes an internal protruding piece, disposed on the other of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit to restrict the movement of the cover in the directions perpendicular to the plane of the platen of the image forming apparatus, the internal protruding piece which selectively passes through one of a plurality of thru-holes formed in the upward and downward direction in the other of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit, which adjusts with respect to the other of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit, and which allows the cover to travel along a distance in the upward and downward direction that include having the cover contact the upper surface of the main body,
- wherein if the internal protruding piece of the engagement projection passes through any one of the plurality of thru-holes, then a distance of travel for the cover is limited over a range of travel in the upward and downward direction which includes the cover contacting the upper surface of the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.