Patent ID: 11917112
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 2:
3. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a locking mechanism provided in at least one of the pair of side walls to lock the scanner part in a bottom dead position and a top dead position,
wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locker to switch to a locking position, at which the locker is engaged with a coupling tool provided at the fixed side wall to lock the lifting side wall such that the lifting side wall does not move up and down with respect to the fixed side wall, and a release position, at which the locker is disengaged from the coupling tool so that the lifting side wall is moved up and down with respect to the fixed side wall.