US 11,700,708 B2
Fan unit holding mechanism and automatic document feeder including fan unit holding mechanism
Ryota Sugiyama, Fuji Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/343,117.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-153500 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087057 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); B65H 27/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01); F04D 29/60 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20172 (2013.01) [B65H 27/00 (2013.01); F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F04D 29/601 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan unit holding mechanism, comprising:
a bracket member with a slot configured to receive a fan unit;
a projection portion on the bracket member, the projection portion extending in a first direction into the slot and being insertable into an attachment hole in the fan unit when the fan unit is inserted into the slot of the bracket member; and
an elastic member at a bottom surface of the slot and configured to contact the fan unit and press against the fan unit from a direction intersecting the first direction when the fan unit is in the slot.