| US 7,578,630 B2 | ||
| Control panel and apparatus using the same | ||
| Yohichi Watanabe, Tokyo (Japan); Masanao Takahashi, Tokyo (Japan); Masateru Kohno, Kanagawa (Japan); and Satoshi Odanaka, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 03, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/933,213. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-315422 (JP), filed on Sep. 08, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0109883 A1, May 26, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 11/62 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 400—714 [400/713] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A control panel for a copier or similar image forming apparatus, comprising:
a base; and
a mount mounted on said base and loaded with a display and devices to be operated by an operator of said apparatus;
said base including a support portion for supporting said mount and configured to support a front edge portion of said mount
by causing said front edge portion to slidably contact a front edge portion of said support portion in substantially a front-and-rear
direction, and to support a rear wall of said mount with a rear wall of said support portion such that said rear wall of said
mount is movable in an up-and-down direction and is fixed in position in said up-and-down direction, wherein said support
portion and said mount each include a pair of side walls contiguous with respective rear walls thereof,
wherein the rear wall of said support portion has a contour that forms part of an arc having a center coincident with the
front edge portion of said support portion and extending in the up-and-down direction,
the rear wall of said mount has a contour corresponding to the contour of the rear wall of said support portion, and
the rear wall of said mount is positioned outwardly of the rear wall of said support portion,
wherein a downwardly open recess is formed in a bottom portion of the front edge of said mount over an entire length of said
front edge portion of support portion.
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