IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• US 20120044521A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 02/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Shiroh, ISHIZUKA, Tetsuo, FURUSAWA, Fumio, UTO, Osamu
• Granted Patent: US 8,810,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/80 Details relating to power supplies, circuits boards, electrical connections
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 21/1633 using doors or covers G03G21/1638 takes precedence

Abstract

An image processing device includes a body that has a first connection portion and a second connection portion inside the body; an image processing board that is electrically connected to the first connection portion, the image processing board performing image processing; a functional board that is disposed so as to cover a part of the image processing board on one side of the image processing board; a side panel attached to the image processing board at a position opposite to the first connection portion, the side panel being a part of a side surface of the body; and an extension board disposed so as to cover another part of the image processing board on the same side as the functional board with respect to the image processing board, the extension board being electrically connected to the second connection portion and independently attachable to and removable from the image processing board.

Claims

1. An image processing device comprising:

a body that has a first connection portion and a second connection portion inside the body;

an image processing board that is electrically connected to the first connection portion, the image processing board performing image processing;

a functional board that is disposed so as to cover a part of the image processing board on one side of the image processing board, the functional board having at least one function;

a side panel attached to the image processing board at a position opposite to the first connection portion, the side panel being a part of a side surface of the body; and

an extension board that is disposed so as to cover another part of the image processing board on the same side as the functional board with respect to the image processing board, the extension board being electrically connected to the second connection portion, and the extension board being independently attachable to and removable from the image processing board.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the extension board is connected to the second connection portion in a direction that is the same as a direction in which the image processing board is connected to the first connection portion, and

wherein the side panel contacts the extension board when the extension board is connected to the second connection portion and the image processing board is connected to the first connection portion.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a leverage mechanism that multiplies an operating force when the image processing board is connected to the first connection portion,

wherein the operating force multiplied by the leverage mechanism is transferred through the side panel and serves as a force that connects the extension board to the second connection portion.

4. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming unit that forms an image on the basis of image information; and

the image processing device according to claim 1, the image processing device transferring the image information after being processed to the image forming unit.

5. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming unit that forms an image on the basis of image information; and

the image processing device according to claim 2, the image processing device transferring the image information after being processed to the image forming unit.

6. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming unit that forms an image on the basis of image information; and

the image processing device according to claim 3, the image processing device transferring the image information after being processed to the image forming unit.