Patent ID: 7329820

Claim:
A detecting system capable of detecting an open/closed state of a cover equipped to a body of a device comprising: a body; a cover that is openable and closable to the body by moving in a range between an open position and a fully-closed position; a detecting unit that is equipped to the body and detects open state and closed state of the cover; an actuating mechanism that is equipped to the cover and a part of which is shifted in a first direction to affect the detecting unit according to an opening motion and a closing motion of the cover, and affects the detecting unit so that the closed state of the cover is detected by the detecting unit when the detecting unit is interfered with by the actuating mechanism in a predetermined extent; and a releasing mechanism by which the part of the actuating mechanism is shifted in a second direction, in which the detecting unit is released from an interfering effect caused by interference with the actuating mechanism when the cover in the open position is brought in to a position adjacent to the fully-closed position and when the cover in the fully-closed position is opened to a predetermined extent to the position adjacent to the fully-closed position.