Patent ID: 8676079

Claim:
An operating device comprising: a first support frame fixed to a front side of a main apparatus; an axis portion mounted on the first support frame; an operating panel configured to receive an entry of an operation for controlling the main apparatus; a second support frame that supports the operating panel, and which is pivotally supported on the axis portion in such a manner as to be displaceable with the operating panel within a predetermined range in a widthwise direction of the main apparatus while supporting the operating panel; and an elastic member disposed between the first support frame and the second support frame and exerting an elastic force on the second support frame in a first direction in which the second support frame is pressed against the first support frame, the first support frame and the second support frame having a fitting portion with which the first support frame and the second support frame are fit into each other, the operating panel pivoting on the axis portion with the second support frame when the operating panel is displaced with the second support frame in the widthwise direction of the main apparatus and the fitting in the fitting portion is released.