Patent ID: 7512376

Claim:
An automatic original cover closer for an automatic opening and closing of an original cover with respect to a main body of an office equipment, said automatic original cover closer comprising: hinge parts and a driving part to transfer a driving power to the hinge parts; said hinge parts comprising: a mounting member having a bottom plate and two side plates extending from both side portions of the bottom plate upward in the orthogonal direction to the bottom plate respectively and attached said bottom plate to an upper portion of the main body; and a supporting member including a top plate and both side plates extending downward in a direction perpendicular to the top plate from both side portions of the top plate respectively, with said both side plates being axially supported via a rotary shaft on said both side plates of said mounting member so as to be rotatable with the rotary shaft; said driving part comprising: a drive case attached to said upper portion of the main body; a positively and reversely rotatable drive motor attached to the drive case; a drive shaft attached to said drive case so as to be rotatable; and a power transferring mechanism attached to said drive case for decelerating and transferring a rotary driving power of said drive motor to said drive shaft; wherein said rotary shaft and said drive shaft are coaxially connected with each other in an axial direction, so that the rotary driving power of said drive motor is transferred to said supporting member via said drive shaft and said rotary shaft.