Patent ID: 6690910
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
A close-assist device for assisting in closing of an openable and closeable member provided on an apparatus main body so as to be vertically openable and closeable when said openable and closeable member is rotated through an angle not less than a predetermined angle but less than 90 degrees with respect to the apparatus main body and maintained in an open state, said close-assist device comprising:a close-assist member provided on said openable and closeable member; and rotation restricting means which, when said openable and closeable member is in the open state, restricts a rotation of said close-assist member in a direction away from a base portion of said openable and closeable members, wherein a lower end portion of said close-assist member is positioned between a rotation shaft of said close-assist member and the base portion of said openable and closeable member so that when said openable and closeable member is being opened, the lower end portion of said close-assist member is rotatable to dangle in the direction away from the base portion of said openable and closeable member.