| US 7,515,849 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus with a swing-door that moves away from a sheet conveyance path during opening of the swing-door | ||
| Takeshi Iketani, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kyocera Mita Corporation, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 18, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/334,851. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-011265 (JP), filed on Jan. 19, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0159488 A1, Jul. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—124 | 7 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus having a swing door provided on an apparatus main body, comprising:
a swing-door supporting structure for rotatably supporting the swing door at a position of a supporting point of rotation,
and
an inverting conveyance path for discharging a sheet while inverting the sheet,
wherein the swing-door supporting structure forms the inverting conveyance path of a specified width with the swing door closed
and wherein the swing-door supporting structure is configured such that the swing door is moved in a direction away from the
inverting conveyance path as the swing door is rotated into an open position, the swing-door supporting structure includes
a rotary shaft integrally projecting from a bottom end position of the swing door along a sheet width direction orthogonally
intersecting a sheet conveying direction; and an oblong hole formed in the apparatus main body, inclined downward toward an
outer side of the apparatus main body and adapted to support the rotary shaft,
the rotary shaft includes a projection fixed thereto in such a manner as to extend in lateral direction toward an inner side
of the apparatus main body with the swing door closed, and
the oblong hole is formed at an upper position thereof with a recessed groove into which the projection is fitted with the
swing door closed.
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