Patent ID: 8983359
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image-capturing device for disposal over an image-forming unit, and furnished with an image-capturing unit for capturing image information from original documents and with a document-feeding unit, disposed over the image-capturing unit and including a document-conveyance means, for conveying the documents in a document-conveyance direction, the image-capturing device comprising: first hinge means for supporting the image-capturing unit on, to enable the image-capturing unit to open/close against, the image-forming unit along a back side of the image-capturing device; second hinge means for supporting the document-feeding unit on, to enable the document-feeding unit to open/close against, the image-capturing unit along the back side of the image-capturing device; and locking means, disposed along a front side of the image-capturing device, in a location flanking the document-conveyance means, for interlocking the image-capturing unit with the document-feeding unit so that the document-feeding unit does not come open when the image-capturing unit is opened against the image-forming unit, the locking means including the locking means shifts the openable/closable cover into the uncovering position when the image-capturing unit and the document-feeding unit are interlocked by the locking mechanism, and the locking means shifts the openable/closable cover into the shutting position when the image-capturing unit and the document-feeding unit are released.