Patent ID: 6456365
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
An original cover closer, comprised of a mounting member, which has a mounting base and side plates, which are raised from both sides of the mounting base, and has said mounting base mounted to the main device unit side, a supporting member, which supports an original cover, has a back plate as well as side plates and a top plate, which are bent from the back plate, and has one end of each of the side plates being rotatably mounted via a hinge pin to the corresponding side plate of said mounting member, a cam slider, which is fitted inside the supporting member in a manner enabling sliding towards the side of said mounting member, a pressure bearing pin, which is axially mounted between the respective side plates of said mounting member and is made to contact a cam part provided at the end of the cam slider, and a coil spring, which is resiliently installed between said cam slider and the free end side of said supporting member.