US 12,393,155 B2
Internal cover and image forming apparatus
Atsushi Ashikagaya, Kanagawa (JP); Hironori Ohshima, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshihiko Satoh, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Atsushi Ashikagaya, Kanagawa (JP); Hironori Ohshima, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshihiko Satoh, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/632,873.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-067660 (JP), filed on Apr. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353788 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1633 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1647 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An internal cover that covers a unit inside an image forming apparatus, the internal cover comprising:
a cover portion openable and closable by rotation on a rotation shaft;
a hinge portion that forms the rotation shaft of the cover portion, the rotation shaft inclined with respect to a vertical direction of the image forming apparatus to allow the cover portion to be opened diagonally upward; and
a hand-cranked fixing screw that maintains the cover portion in a closed state,
wherein the cover portion is opened diagonally upward as the hand-cranked fixing screw is released, and the cover portion is fixable in an opened state at a predetermined position.