Image forming apparatus with latch for openable cover
US8744305B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1687
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an image on a recording material; an image reading portion, for reading an original image, movable between a first position in which the image reading portion opposes the image forming portion and a second position in which the image reading portion is partly raised from the image forming portion; an openable member movable, relative to the image forming portion independently of the image reading portion, between an open position in which the openable member exposes an inside of the image forming portion and a closed position in which the openable member covers the image forming member; and preventing means capable of preventing movement of the openable member toward the closed position when the image reading member is located at the second position. The prevention of movement of the openable member is released by moving the image reading member toward the first position from the second position in which the preventing means prevents the movement of the openable member.
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