Patent ID: 8311438
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An interlock device for turning a switch on and off in accordance with closing and opening of a plurality of covers covering a body of an electronic apparatus, the interlock device comprising: a plurality of strikers, one striker protruding from each of the plurality of covers and insertable into the body of the electronic apparatus when the cover is closed; and an engagement member engaged by the strikers and provided inside the body of the electronic apparatus to move in a predetermined direction to contact the switch to turn on the switch and separate from the switch to turn off the switch, the engagement member comprising: all the strikers contacting the wire of the engagement member to turn on the switch when all the covers are closed, at least one of the strikers separating from the wire of the engagement member to turn off the switch when the corresponding cover is opened.