Patent ID: 7012801

Claim:
An electronic equipment, comprising: a longitudinal holding portion; a longitudinal operation panel; and a holding mechanism for detachably holding said operation panel with respect to said holding portion, said holding mechanism comprising a locking device disposed on one of said holding portion and said operation panel; and an engaging device which is disposed on the other of said holding portion and said operation panel and which is engaged with said locking device, said locking device comprising a plurality of lock members arranged in a detachable direction, which direction is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of said holding portion and is a direction of attaching and detaching said operation panel along a back surface of said operation panel with respect to said holding portion; and an elastic member by which each of said lock members is applied with an elastic force in an identical direction, said engaging device comprising a plurality of engagement grooves, each of which is arranged correspondingly to and engaged with respective one of said lock members such that said plurality of engagement grooves, each of which engagement grooves extends along the detachable direction, are arranged in the detachable direction, said holding portion and said operational panel being detachably held by that each of said lock members is engaged with respective one of said engagement grooves and by that each of said lock members is applied with the elastic force by said elastic member, at least one of said engagement grooves comprising a groove wall for releasing an attachment condition of said holding portion and said operation panel against the elastic force of said elastic member when said operation panel is moved in the detachable direction so as to be detached from said holding portion.