Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Opening and closing assembly and image forming apparatus including the assembly
- Patent Title (中): 包括组件的打开和关闭组件和成像设备
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Application No.: US12540691Application Date: 2009-08-13
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Publication No.: US07957675B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Shota Iijima
- Applicant: Shota Iijima
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-210052 20080818
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16 ; B41J29/13

Abstract:
An opening and closing assembly includes a first casing, a second casing pivotally coupled to the first casing, and a support stand configured to support the second casing. The support stand includes a proximal end portion pivotally connected to one of the first and second casings, and a distal end portion slidably connected to the other thereof. The other of the first and second casings includes a guide portion for guiding the distal end portion, and first and second wall portions. The distal end portion includes a gripped portion gripped between the first and second wall portions, the gripped portion has a cross section having a width which increases, from one end of the cross section, to a maximum width and decreases from the maximum width until the other end of the cross section. The maximum width causes the first and second wall portions to be spaced apart.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100040394A1 OPENING AND CLOSING ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2010-02-18
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