Patent ID: 8810166

Claim:
An opening and closing device comprising: a cover gear that is rotatably supported in both a forward direction and a backward direction; a driving source that selectively provides rotation to the cover gear in both the forward direction and the backward direction; a cover that is rotatably supported to allow motion in both the forward direction and the backward direction between a first position and a second position; a biasing element that transmits rotation of the cover gear to the cover while biasing the cover in a predetermined direction from the first position to the second position; and a control portion that controls the rotation of the driving source, the control portion being configured to stop the rotation of the driving source, in a case in which the driving source is rotated so as to move the cover in the predetermined direction, when the cover gear rotates in the predetermined direction by a predetermined angle after the cover has reached the second position, wherein the cover gear comprises a pair of restricting portions to restrict the rotation of the cover, the pair of restricting portions comprising of both a first restricting portion positioned in a front side in the predetermined direction and a second restricting portion in a back side in the predetermined direction, both the first restricting portion and the second restricting portion spacing a predetermined gap, the cover rotates in the predetermined gap of the pair of restricting portions, the cover rotates along with the rotation of the cover gear with contacting the first restricting portion by the biasing element while rotating to the second position from the first position, the cover is displaced from a state in which the cover has contacted the first restricting portion to a state in which the cover contacts the second restricting portion before the driving source stops rotating after the cover has reached the second position, and the cover is rotationally-restricted by both the second restricting portion and the biasing element when the driving source stops rotating.