Arrangement for facilitating opening and closing a clamshell type of copying machine
US5206681A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/1628
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A clamshell-type copying machine for reproducing an image of a document. The copy machine has a body flame consisting of an upper half body, a lower half body, and a hinge-like connector of these half bodies. There are provided a first urging member, located in a vicinity of the opening, and a second urging member, located in a vicinity of the connector. Both of these urging member urge the upper half body and the lower half body to be separated from each other in which an urging force of the second urging member is greater than that of the first urging member.
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