Fall prevention device and image forming apparatus

• US 9,405,264 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2012
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishiwata, Kiyohide
• Primary Examiner(s): GARFT, CHRISTOPHER
• Application Number:
  US13/457,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20130112822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• Field of Search: 248/500, 248/499, 248/506, 248/680, 248/501, 2481888-18891, 248/188, 248/677, 248/638, 248/505, 248/507, 248/510, 248/673, 248/502, 521/671, 521/674
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 91/08 connected to the floor
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 21/1619 Frame structures

Abstract

Provided is a fall prevention device that prevents an installation object from falling over by supporting a leg member including a base portion and a shaft portion when an installation surface oscillates. The fall prevention device includes a support portion supported by the installation surface, a first restricting portion supported by the support portion, correspondingly disposed above an upper surface of a base portion, and having a first shaft-penetrating portion through which a shaft portion penetrates, and a second restricting portion disposed above the first restricting portion at a bottom-portion-side end portion of the shaft portion. The second restricting portion has a second shaft-penetrating portion through which the shaft portion penetrates. A gap that is smaller than a gap between the first shaft-penetrating portion and the shaft portion is formed between the second shaft-penetrating portion and the end portion of the shaft portion.

Claims

1. A fall prevention device configured to prevent an installation object from falling over by supporting a leg member including a base portion and a shaft portion when an installation surface oscillates, the base portion being in contact with the installation surface, the shaft portion connecting the base portion and a bottom portion of the installation object to each other and having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the base portion, the fall prevention device comprising:

a support member provided on the installation surface;

a first restricting member provided on the support member and comprising a first restricting body portion disposed above an upper surface of the base portion, the first restricting body portion comprising a first shaft-penetrating portion through which the shaft portion penetrates;

a second restricting member disposed above the first restricting member, and comprising a second shaft-penetrating portion through which the shaft portion penetrates; and

an adjustable member attached to the shaft portion,

wherein a top surface of the first restricting member does not contact to a bottom surface of the second restricting member at a position near the first shaft-penetrating porting of the first restricting member and the second shaft-penetrating portion of the second restricting member, and

wherein a gap disposed between the second shaft-penetrating portion and the adjustable member along an extending direction of the installation surface is smaller than a gap disposed between the first shaft-penetrating portion and the shaft portion.

2. The fall prevention device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first restricting member and the second restricting portion is detachably attached to each other and to the support member.

3. The fall prevention device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an adhesive member that is provided between the support member and the installation surface, and configured to reduce movement of the support member with respect to the installation surface.

4. The fall prevention device according to claim 2, further comprising:

an adhesive member that is provided between the support member and the installation surface, and configured to reduce movement of the support member with respect to the installation surface.

5. The fall prevention device according to claim 1, wherein the base portion is configured to contact the first restricting body portion in response to a vertical movement of the installation surface.

6. The fall prevention device according to claim 1, wherein the second restricting member comprises a second restricting body portion extending in the direction substantially parallel with the installation surface, and

wherein the second shaft-penetrating portion is provided on the second restricting body portion.

7. The fall prevention device according to claim 1, wherein the support member comprises at least two support plates, and

wherein each of the first and second restricting members connects the at least two support plates.

15. The fall prevention device according to claim 1, wherein the base portion is in contact with the installation surface upon completion of assembly of the fall prevention device.

17. The fall prevention device according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the top surface of the first restricting member and a portion of the bottom surface of the second restricting member not contacting each other overlap each other along a direction extending perpendicular to the installation surface.

8. A fall prevention device configured to prevent an installation object from falling over by supporting a leg member including a base portion and a shaft portion when an installation surface oscillates, the base portion being in contact with the installation surface, the shaft portion connecting the base portion and a bottom portion of the installation object to each other and having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the base portion, the fall prevention device comprising:

a support member provided on the installation surface;

a first restricting member provided on the support member and comprising a first restricting body portion disposed above an upper surface of the base portion, the first restricting body portion comprising a first shaft-penetrating portion through which the shaft portion penetrates, a width of the first shaft-penetrating portion being smaller than a width of the base portion;

a second restricting member disposed above the first restricting member, and comprising a second shaft-penetrating portion through which the shaft portion penetrates; and

an adjustable member attached to the shaft portion,

wherein a top surface of the first restricting member does not contact to a bottom surface of the second restricting member at a position near the first shaft-penetrating porting of the first restricting member and the second shaft-penetrating portion of the second restricting member, and

a gap disposed between the second shaft-penetrating portion and the adjustable member along an extending direction of the installation surface is smaller than a gap disposed between the first shaft-penetrating portion and the shaft portion.

9. The fall prevention device according to claim 8, wherein each of the first restricting member and the second restricting member is detachably attached to each other and to the support member.

10. The fall prevention device according to claim 8, further comprising:

an adhesive member that is provided between the support member and the installation surface, and configured to reduce movement of the support member with respect to the installation surface.

11. The fall prevention device according to claim 9, further comprising:

an adhesive member that is provided between the support member and the installation surface, and configured to reduce movement of the support member with respect to the installation surface.

12. The fall prevention device according to claim 8, wherein the base portion is configured to contact the first restricting body portion in response to a vertical movement of the installation surface.

13. The fall prevention device according to claim 8, wherein the second restricting member comprises a second restricting body portion extending in the direction substantially parallel with the installation surface, and

wherein the second shaft-penetrating portion is provided on the second restricting body portion.

14. The fall prevention device according to claim 8,

wherein the support member comprises at least two support plates, and

wherein each of the first and second restricting members connects the at least two support plates.

16. The fall prevention device according to claim 8, wherein the base portion is in contact with the installation surface upon completion of assembly of the fall prevention device.

18. The fall prevention device according to claim 8, wherein a portion of the top surface of the first restricting member and a portion of the bottom surface of the second restricting member not contacting each other overlap each other along a direction extending perpendicular to the installation surface.