US 12,372,913 B2
Image forming apparatus with cover having folded arm
Akira Ogawa, Osaka (JP); and Masayuki Kakuta, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/634,850.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-067352 (JP), filed on Apr. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0345533 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1638 (2013.01) [B41J 29/13 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); H04N 1/00551 (2013.01); H04N 1/00557 (2013.01); H04N 1/00559 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a cover supported by a housing rotatably around a lower end of the cover and configured to form a sheet conveying path when rotated upward and to open the sheet conveying path when rotated downward; and
an arm disposed between a body-side rotary shaft provided in the housing and a cover-side rotary shaft provided in the cover and configured to regulate an opening angle of the cover with respect to the housing, wherein
the arm includes:
a body-side arm member with one end rotatably supported by the body-side rotary shaft;
a cover-side arm member with one end rotatably supported by the cover-side rotary shaft;
a connecting pin configured to rotatably connect another end of the body-side arm member and another end of the cover-side arm member;
a body-side urging member configured to urge the body-side arm member and the cover-side arm member to rotate around the connecting pin in respective directions of being folded with respect to each other; and
a cover-side urging member configured to urge the cover-side arm member to rotate around the cover-side rotary shaft in a direction approaching the cover, and
when the cover is rotated upward, the body-side arm member and the cover-side arm member overlap each other in an axial direction of the connecting pin.