Rotatable Display Mount for Multi-Side Image Forming Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing image forming apparatuses have a display unit that faces forward, making it difficult for operators to access and view the screen display when positioned at locations other than the front side of the apparatus.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus is designed with a housing that allows the display unit to face multiple directions, including the front, side, and back, through a coupling mechanism that provides a space below the display unit, enabling access from various angles and improving operator workability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display unit is disposed on the upper portion of the apparatus with the screen facing forward, then the structure is simple and stable, but the operator cannot confirm the screen display when positioned at locations other than the front side
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is made rotatable about a vertical axis through the coupling portion, allowing it to dynamically change its facing direction between front, side, and back directions based on operator position, thereby improving accessibility without requiring multiple fixed displays
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling portion provides multi-functional capability by enabling the display unit to serve multiple viewing directions (front, side, back) through rotation, making a single display unit universally accessible from different operator positions
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display unit can face multiple directions through a rotatable coupling mechanism, then operator accessibility is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling portion incorporates a rotatable joint that allows the display unit to adapt its orientation dynamically, providing versatility in viewing directions while maintaining a relatively simple mechanical structure through a single rotational degree of freedom
3Ease of operation
If the housing allows operator access from the side facing the standing wall, then workability is improved, but the housing structure requires additional space
Solution Approach 1:
The discharge port is formed within the standing wall structure, and the placement portion is integrated into the housing such that the operator can access it from the side without requiring significant additional external space, effectively nesting the access pathway within the existing housing geometry
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AI summary
An apparatus includes: a housing having a placement portion on which a discharge target object discharged from a discharge port is placed, and a standing wall rising from an end portion of the placement portion and having the discharge port formed therein, the housing allowing an operator to access the placement portion from at least a side facing toward a direction of the standing wall; a display unit; and a coupling portion that couples the standing wall and the display unit in a state where a space is provided below the display unit, and enables the display unit to face a front direction of the housing and a side direction of the housing.