US 12,450,971 B2
Control apparatus
Yosuke Kumagai, Owariasahi (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,863.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-210650 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0212414 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. G07F 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 9/10 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus, comprising:
a housing including a first panel in which an opening through which outside air is communicatable is formed;
a holding plate provided to the first panel via a hinge and pivotable between a first state at which a first surface of the holding plate is close to the first panel and a second state at which the first surface is farther away from the first panel; and
a locking member provided to the first panel and configured to keep the holding plate in the first state in a state in which the locking member is in contact with a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface, of the holding plate,
wherein the holding plate is configured so that a filter-accommodated space, defined by the first panel of the housing and the holding plate in the first state, is capable of accommodating a filter member attachably and detachably,
wherein the locking member includes:
a locking plate including an engaging portion in which an opening is formed and a contact portion contactable with the second surface of the holding plate;
a bush including a tube portion having a through hole and inserted in the opening, and a collar portion formed continuously around the tube portion and contactable with a first surface of the engaging portion, the tube portion having a length larger than a thickness of the engaging portion of the locking plate, the collar portion having an outside diameter larger than an outside diameter of the tube portion; and
a pin including a shank passing through the through hole of the bush, a head formed at a first end of the shank and having an outside diameter larger than a diameter of the through hole, and a fixer formed at a second end of the shank and fixed to the first panel of the housing, and
wherein the locking plate is pivotably supported so as to be pivotable about the opening in a state in which the engaging portion is held between the collar portion of the bush and the first panel of the housing.