JPH0185737U - - Google Patents

Description

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the locking mechanism used in the present invention;
Figure 1B is an explanatory diagram of the main parts in Figure 1A, Figures 2A and B, Figures 3A and B, Figures 4A and B, and Figure 5A.
, B are all sectional views of essential parts in FIG. 1A, FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the image forming apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional locking mechanism, and FIGS. 8A and B are the conventional locking mechanisms. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the locking mechanism of FIG. 2... Locking mechanism, 3... Rotating shaft, 4, 5... Locked member, 4a, 5b... Hook portion, 6, 7... Locking piece, 6b, 7b, 43b... Locking hole, 40...limiting member, 42...supporting member, 43...sliding member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In an image forming apparatus, an upper body is provided to be openable and closable by rotating about a horizontal axis relative to a lower body, and a locking mechanism locks both bodies in a closed position. a plurality of locking members provided on one of the two bodies, and a plurality of locking members supported on the other of the two bodies so as to be movable in a predetermined direction intersecting the rotation locus of the upper body, and the plurality of locking members provided when the two bodies are closed. a locked member that is locked to each of the members, and a locked member that moves in the predetermined direction until the locked member passes a position where the locked member is locked by the locking member when the two bodies are closed. An image forming apparatus comprising: a restriction member that restricts movement of the image forming apparatus.