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Image forming apparatus

a technology of forming apparatus and forming tube, which is applied in the direction of electrographic process apparatus, instruments, optics, etc., can solve the problems of user irritation, operation unit being lifted, and unable to be set at a certain angl

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-09-26
CANON KK
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Such a phenomenon causes a problem in which when the operation unit is tilted, for example, to stop the operation unit at a certain angle, the operation unit becomes lifted and cannot be set at that certain angle.
Because of the above, the user needs to attempt tilting the operation unit once more disadvantageously causing the user to feel irritated.

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[0025]The present disclosure can be used in a unit that pivots (a pivoting unit) included in an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus; however, herein, an example of a case in which the present disclosure is used in a tilting liquid crystal display portion will be given. Hereinafter, an operation unit of a printer serving as an image forming apparatus will be described. Note that the present disclosure is not limited to a printer and may be applied to an image forming apparatus, such as a multifunction apparatus.

[0026]FIG. 1 is an outside drawing of a printer 100. The printer 100 includes a feed unit 101 at the bottom, an image forming unit 102 at the middle, and a sheet discharge unit 103 at the top. Since the printer 100 operates in a typical manner, description of the operation will be omitted. An operation unit 200 is disposed on an upper surface of the printer 100. A liquid crystal display portion 201 that displays an operation state (information) of the printer 100...

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[0040]A second exemplary embodiment is different from the first exemplary embodiment in that while the contact area S between the tilt arm 203 and the sheet 207 is uniform, the amount of elastic deformation of the sheet 207 changes with the pivot angle θ of the liquid crystal display portion 201. A configuration of the torque generating unit is the same as that of the first exemplary embodiment. FIGS. 11A and 11B is a diagram illustrating a state in which the arm holding plate 204 has been removed. The sheet 207 is elastically deformed in the hatched area with the fan-shaped arm 203a of the tilt arm 203. A mechanism for changing the amount of elastic deformation (an inroad amount) of the sheet 207 will be described next. The present exemplary embodiment is configured such that the amount of elastic deformation of the sheet 207 in the thickness direction is capable of being changed in accordance with the pivot angle θ of the liquid crystal display portion 201. FIG. 12A depicts a torq...

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Abstract

A friction member that abuts against a rotating member being fixed to a display portion and that stops the rotating member being fixed to a display portion by frictional resistance of an abutting surface accommodates the rotating member into a predetermined accommodating position in a reliable manner by changing a frictional force of the friction member.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 494,143, filed Apr. 21, 2017, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-087538, filed Apr. 25, 2016, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0002]The present disclosure relates to image forming apparatuses, such as a copier and a printer.Description of the Related Art[0003]Hitherto, a proposal has been made for image forming apparatuses such as, for example, a copier and a laser printer, that adopt an electrophotographic method. In the proposal, an operation unit is tilted (inclined) so that a person with low height and a person on a wheelchair can operate the image forming apparatus.[0004]An operation unit of an image forming apparatus proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-102143 provides a free stop hinge at a rotation center of the tilting operation u...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N1/00G03G15/00
CPCH04N1/00496G03G15/5016H04N1/00564
Inventor SAITO, KAZUHIRO
Owner CANON KK