Hinge apparatus for cover of image forming apparatus
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body including a document glass on which a document can be placed;
a cover to cover and expose an upper side of the document glass; and
a hinge coupling the cover to the main body,wherein the hinge includes,a first body movable in an opening in the main body,a second body including a body portion coupled to the cover and a cam part movably engaging the first body to support pivoting by the hinge of the cover, anda pair of first protrusions, each protrusion respectively extends from upper portions of a pair of opposing first walls of the first body to interfere with a corresponding pair of opposing first portions of the opening in the main body so as to limit an inserting range of the movable first body into the opening in the main body.
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Abstract
A hinge apparatus for a cover of an image forming apparatus has a hinge body with supporting brackets, movably inserted into a coupling hole positioned in a main body of the image forming apparatus, a hinge cam connected to the cover and pivotably connected to the supporting brackets, and a pressure device disposed at the hinge body to press the hinge cam. Accordingly, the hinge apparatus can be implemented with a simple and easy assembly operation, since it is not a complicated structural connection among the component parts of the hinge apparatus.
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8 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a main body including a document glass on which a document can be placed; a cover to cover and expose an upper side of the document glass; and a hinge coupling the cover to the main body, wherein the hinge includes, a first body movable in an opening in the main body, a second body including a body portion coupled to the cover and a cam part movably engaging the first body to support pivoting by the hinge of the cover, and a pair of first protrusions, each protrusion respectively extends from upper portions of a pair of opposing first walls of the first body to interfere with a corresponding pair of opposing first portions of the opening in the main body so as to limit an inserting range of the movable first body into the opening in the main body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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