Open/close mechanism for paper tray for use in image forming apparatus

An open/close mechanism can be used for paper trays of an image forming apparatus. The open/close mechanism includes a plate member provided on a side of a housing of the image forming apparatus and configured to pivot upon an axis between an open position and a close position, and a box member that...

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Main Authors TANAKA MIZUNA, OHKUBO YASUHIDE, FUJIWARA HIROSHI, NISHII TOSHIKANE, KIMURA IPPEI, WAKAMATSU KAZUHIRO, HONDA HARUYUKI, TAKAHIRA MASAFUMI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.08.2010
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
CONVEYING
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
STORING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An open/close mechanism can be used for paper trays of an image forming apparatus. The open/close mechanism includes a plate member provided on a side of a housing of the image forming apparatus and configured to pivot upon an axis between an open position and a close position, and a box member that is arranged in the housing beneath the plate member and that can be drawn out of the housing from the side. The open/close mechanism includes also includes a restricting unit that is coupled to the plate member and that abuts against the box member when the box member is set in the housing and when the plate member is in the open position thereby restricting detachment of the box member from the housing.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20100662426