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Cover for image forming apparatus, apparatus using the cover and image forming apparatus

It is a technology of external packaging and shelling, which is applied in the direction of shells, electrical equipment shells/cabinets/drawers, instrument parts, etc. It can solve the problems of unstable recycling volume, complicated parts management, and damage, and achieve the purpose of suppressing the rise and reduction of costs The effect of complicated management and high-efficiency recycling

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-08-16
RICOH KK
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[0011] Generally speaking, since the number of parts to be reused inside the machine is small, and the recycling amount of the recycling machine itself cannot be supplied stably, if a dedicated material storage device is used, the cost will increase (due to the small number of parts, the amount of recycling is not high. Stable, so that a large number of material storage devices need to be prepared)
[0012] (2) Management of reusable parts is complicated (material storage device management)
[0014] (3) Damage due to impact and friction during transportation
Therefore, the above-mentioned methods will lead to taking out the wrong parts and taking out the parts that do not need to be taken out, and it will also cause the problem of being unable to determine whether the taken out parts are the objects of recycling or not.

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[0050] figure 1 is a perspective view showing the image forming apparatus of this embodiment. figure 2 It is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the exterior case of the image forming apparatus of the present invention. image 3 It is also an enlarged perspective view of a part of the exterior case of the image forming apparatus of the present invention.

[0051]In this embodiment, the exterior casing 110 of the copier as the image forming apparatus is combined with the apparatus body 100 through a rotating shaft, and can be opened and closed freely up and down or left and right. The exterior case 110 is a freely openable and closable part of the image forming apparatus, and even if it is partially disassembled, the exterior case will always be opened and closed whenever parts are taken out.

[0052] In addition, as for the other side (left and right, rear) shells, if they do not have a transport guide function, they are basically fixed to the inner shell of the mach...

Embodiment 2

[0063] Figure 6 is an enlarged schematic plan view of the inner surface of the exterior case of the image forming apparatus of this embodiment. In the present embodiment, it will be described how to install the parts of the side of the device body on which the outer casing of the present invention is housed according to the parts arrangement diagram recorded on the outer casing or the order of taking out the parts described later or the numbering of the parts. for disassembly.

[0064] In the following, the opening and closing case will be described as an example. On the inner surface of the opening and closing housing 150, a reinforcing rib 151 as shown in the drawing is provided (in the drawing, the upper part is the rotating shaft side). For example, wide-spaced reinforcing ribs 151a are provided on the side (lower part in the figure) opposite to the rotation shaft side to form a reusable parts storage portion. Parts layout diagrams 152 and 153 are recorded on the reusa...

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[0070] Figure 9 It is a perspective view of the third embodiment of the present invention, showing the left casing when viewed from the front.

[0071] First, if Figure 9 As shown, the connecting parts (bolts and screws, etc.) 161 mounted on the left side shell 160 of the device body are removed. On the inner surface of the housing 160 there are Figure 10 Ribs 162 are shown.

[0072] In the case where the ribs at wide intervals are not provided on the housing 160, since there is not enough space to show the parts layout, only the order of taking out the parts, the part number, and the indication of whether to recycle (hereinafter referred to as sequence indication) 163 can be recorded. The operator can carry out the disassembly operation while looking at the sequence display 163 displayed on the casing 160 .

[0073] In addition, in the present embodiment, the sequence display 163 and the reusable parts storage unit 121 are provided at the same time. But it is not limi...

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Abstract

During recovery of image forming apparatuses such as a copier, the outer housing of the apparatus is used as a part of memory in the prior state. Meanwhile, the outer housing is kept as same as the common circumstance and has a certain strength. Specifically, the outer housing (110) of the copier is connected with an apparatus main body (100) through a shaft, so that the outer housing (110) can be opened and closed freely. Reinforcing ribs (115) for enhancing the strength are arranged on the inner surface of the housing (110). A plurality of reuse object part accommodating sections (111, 112, 113 and 114) are formed in the space surrounded by the reinforcing ribs (115). The reused object part accommodating section is shaped that the detached reuse parts (11, 12, 13 and 14) are imbedded to prevent falling off during recovering the copier.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an exterior case of an apparatus, an apparatus using the exterior case, and an image forming apparatus. Background technique [0002] In recent years, in the copier industry, there has been a trend due to environmental concerns. The old copiers are about to be recycled, and the parts that can be reused are disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled into the copier for use. Current practice is to house disassembled components in material storage devices (containers). If fewer copiers are collected, the number of parts to be collected is also reduced, but it is necessary to prepare a material storage device for each type of part, resulting in a problem of high cost. [0003] In addition, depending on the user's usage conditions and form and the way the recycler handles, the outer casing of the copier may be greatly damaged, making recycling difficult. [0004] Of course, at this time, it is conceivable to crush the outer c...

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IPC IPC(8): G12B9/02H05K5/00
Inventor 辻原外博
Owner RICOH KK