Patent ID: 9104170
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An opening and closing mechanism comprising: a first opening and closing unit that is supported to be rotatable relative to an apparatus body, and that is opened from or closed onto the apparatus body in accordance with the rotation thereof; a drawer unit that is provided to the apparatus body to be drawable from the apparatus body toward a side of the apparatus body provided with the first opening and closing unit; a second opening and closing unit that is supported to be drawable from the apparatus body integrally with the drawer unit and be rotatable relative to the drawer unit, and that is rotated integrally with the first opening and closing unit to be opened from or closed onto the apparatus body integrally with the first opening and closing unit, and is singly rotated independently of the first opening and closing unit to be singly opened from or closed onto the apparatus body; and a plurality of regulation mechanisms that are provided to the second opening and closing unit independently of the apparatus body and the first opening and closing unit, and that regulate the angle of opening, relative to the apparatus body, of the second opening and closing unit singly opened from the apparatus body, wherein the plurality of regulation mechanisms regulate the angle of opening, relative to the apparatus body, of the second opening and closing unit while the second opening and closing unit is singly opened from the apparatus body.