Open-close cover assembly of image forming apparatus
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Aug 19, 2014
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May 30, 2013
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Oct 24, 2012
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Nov 30, 2011
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An open-close cover assembly of an image forming apparatus capable of maintaining an open angle of an open-close cover even when sheets of large quantity are stacked on the cover and preventing the cover and an apparatus main unit from being damaged even when the cover is applied with an excessive force acting in a cover opening direction. When the cover is in open state, first stopper portions of the cover are engaged with first receiving portions of the main unit, thereby maintaining the cover open angle. When an excessive force is applied to the cover, shaft portions of the main unit are disengaged from bearing portions of the cover through openings formed in the bearing portions after the first stopper portions have been disengaged from the first receiving portions and second stopper portions of the cover have been engaged with second receiving portions of the main unit.
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