Patent ID: 8398250

Claim:
A projection display device comprising: a light source; an optical system which modulates light from the light source, and emits the modulated light; a projecting portion which enlarges and projects the light emitted from the optical system; a cabinet which houses the light source, the optical system, and the projecting portion; an opening which is formed in one surface of the cabinet to allow mounting or dismounting of an optical component constituting the optical system, or the light source; a cover which covers the opening; and a holding portion which holds the cover in such a manner that the cover is allowed to slide in a direction along the one surface of the cabinet, wherein the opening includes a first opening through which one of the optical component and the light source is mounted or dismounted, and a second opening through which the other of the optical component and the light source is mounted or dismounted, the cover includes a first cover which covers the first opening, and a second cover, separate from the first cover, which covers the second opening, and the holding portion includes a first holding portion which holds the first cover, and a second holding portion which holds the second cover, and further wherein the first cover and the second cover are arranged side by side on the one surface, the first holding portion holds the first cover in such a manner that the first cover is slidably moved from a closing position at which the first cover closes the first opening in a direction different from a direction in which the second cover is disposed, and the second holding portion holds the second cover in such a manner that the second cover is slidably moved from a closing position at which the second cover covers the second opening to the closing position of the first cover.