JPS58142347A - Device for attaching outside cover of copying machine and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dispense with fixing members, such as screws in order to facilitate inspection, maintenance, cleaning, etc., by forming detaining borders at the ends of the bottom plate of a main frame, and detaining side covers and a rear cover. CONSTITUTION:The main frame 2 of a main copying machine 1 has a bottom plate 3 having detaining borders 3a at parts of the bottom. The detaining border 5a of the lower part of each side cover 5 is detained with the detaining border 3a from the inside, and the upper border of the cover 5 curves on the side of the frame 2. The end of the detaining border 6a at the lower border of a rear cover 6 is provided with a fitting groove 6b for fitting the border 3a, and the upper border of the rear cover 6 curves likewise, and fitted to the fitting groove 8a of a cover 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for attaching an outer cover of a copying machine, etc., in which the outer cover is attached using the bottom plate of a copying machine main body.

Generally, in order to facilitate maintenance and cleaning of a copying machine, an outer cover is provided on a part of the copying machine body, and this outer cover is attached to the copying machine body with a fastener. For this reason, each time the outer cover is removed, it is necessary to remove many of the fixing devices that hold the cover in place, which consumes a lot of time for inspection, maintenance, cleaning, etc., resulting in a disadvantage in that efficiency suffers. This was done for the purpose of eliminating the drawbacks, and the outer cover of the copying machine, etc., can be attached using the bottom plate of the copying machine body.The outer cover of the copying machine, etc. can be attached by providing a device to improve the ease of inspection and maintenance. Hereinafter, the present invention will be applied to a copying machine and the nine parts will be described with reference to the drawings. installed. Legs 4 are attached to the lower surface of the bottom plate 3, and one peripheral edge S is bent upward at a right angle to form a locking edge 3a.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an @-face cover that closes the area around the main 7 frame 2 of the main body I, and a locking edge 5a bent in a tl crank shape is formed at the lower edge, and this locking edge 5α is connected to the bottom plate. It is locked from the inside to the locking edge 3a of No. 3, and the lI
The upper edge of the plate 5 is bent toward the main frame 2 at a substantially right angle.

On the other hand, 6 is a rear cover whose lower edge is bent into a substantially crank shape to form a locking edge 6α, and a locking edge 864 into which the locking edge 3G of the bottom plate 3 is fitted is formed at the tip of the locking edge 6a. ing. Also, the upper edge of the rear cover 6 #1 is bent into a crank shape to form a locking edge 6C, and one end of the locking edge 6C is connected to the main frame by a screw 7.
The other layer of the upper cover 8 is bent downward at a substantially right angle, and a fitting groove 86 is formed at the tip. Matching groove 8
The upper locking edge 6C of the side cover 6 is inserted into a, and the rear cover 6 is attached to the main 7 frame 2. This spacer is fitted to the tip of the screw 7 inserted into the upper cover 8 as shown in No. 3 and 1. As described above, this invention A locking edge 3α is formed on the peripheral edge of the attached nine-bottom plate 3, and one of the outer covers such as the side cover 5 and rear cover 6 that closes the periphery of the main frame 2 by using the locking edge 3@ Since the parts are locked, the outer cover can be installed without using fixing screws such as screws 7.

This eliminates the need to remove numerous fastenings during inspection, maintenance, cleaning, etc., allowing these tasks to be carried out quickly and efficiently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the side cover portion, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the rear cover portion, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the area within the first circle of FIG. 2. is the main frame, 3 is the bottom plate b3gFi locking edge O Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Representative Patent Attorney Masaaki Yonehara Patent Attorney Tadashi Hamamoto

Claims (1)

[Claims] A locking edge 3a is formed on the paper part of the main frame 2 at the mesh edge of the nine-sole plate 3, and a part of the outer cover provided in the mesh recess of the main frame 2 is engaged with the locking edge 3a. By stopping the outer cover of a copying machine, etc., the outer cover is attached to the main frame 2.