SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A scanning apparatus, comprising:
- a main body having a scanning unit;
a cover to open and close upon an upper surface of the main body;
a hinge unit disposed on one of the main body and the cover so that the cover is rotatable with respect to the main body;
a hinge accommodating unit disposed on the other of the main body and the cover to accommodate the hinge unit so that the cover is movable in an upward and downward direction with respect to the upper surface of the main body; and
a movement restricting unit disposed on at least one of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit to restrict a movement of the cover in the upward and downward direction.
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Abstract
A scanning apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same. The scanning apparatus includes: a main body having a scanning unit; a cover to open and close upon an upper surface of the main body; a hinge unit disposed on one of the main body and the cover so that the cover is rotatable with respect to the main body; a hinge accommodating unit disposed on the other of the main body and the cover to accommodate the hinge unit so that the cover is movable in an upward and downward direction with respect to the upper surface of the main body; and a movement restricting unit disposed on at least one of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit to restrict a movement of the cover in the upward and downward direction.
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19 Claims
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1. A scanning apparatus, comprising:
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a main body having a scanning unit; a cover to open and close upon an upper surface of the main body; a hinge unit disposed on one of the main body and the cover so that the cover is rotatable with respect to the main body; a hinge accommodating unit disposed on the other of the main body and the cover to accommodate the hinge unit so that the cover is movable in an upward and downward direction with respect to the upper surface of the main body; and a movement restricting unit disposed on at least one of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit to restrict a movement of the cover in the upward and downward direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of coupling a cover of an image forming apparatus to a main body of the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
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coupling the cover of the image forming apparatus to the main body of the image forming apparatus with a hinge unit accommodated by a hinge accommodating unit to allow movement of the cover in directions perpendicular to a plane of a platen of the image forming apparatus; applying a movement restricting force to at least one of the hinge unit and the hinge accommodating unit to restrict a movement of the cover in the directions perpendicular to the plane of the platen of the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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Specification