Patent ID: 9031462
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a device that includes a driving source; an opening and closing door that is opened and closed by rotational operation about a rotating shaft with respect to a body of the apparatus; and an elastic part that is provided at the body of the apparatus, that is elastically deformed by contact with a first portion of a part of the opening and closing door on a side of the rotating shaft and blocks a gap between the first portion and the body of the apparatus when the opening and closing door is closed, and that is elastically deformed by contact with a second portion of the opening and closing door that is different from the first portion when the opening and closing door is opened, wherein the apparatus is an image forming apparatus, and wherein the elastic part in the open state inclines so that the second portion comes into contact with the surface of the elastic part parallel thereto.