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

• Main Authors: TANAKA MIZUNA, OHKUBO YASUHIDE, FUJIWARA HIROSHI, NISHII TOSHIKANE, KIMURA IPPEI, WAKAMATSU KAZUHIRO, HONDA HARUYUKI, TAKAHIRA MASAFUMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.06.2010
• 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

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...