Image forming device

Abstract

The present invention provides an image forming device including: a main body frame at which an opening is provided; an image forming section that is accommodated in the main body frame, and that forms an image on a recording medium; an opening/closing cover that is rotatably supported and opens and closes the opening, a bent portion of the opening/closing cover that is bent toward the main body frame covering an edge portion, at the side of the opening, of the main body frame in a state in which the opening/closing cover is closed; and a fixed cover that is provided integrally with the main body frame, and that covers the bent portion in the state in which the opening/closing cover is closed.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

An exemplary embodiment of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the following figures, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing the structure of an image forming device of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the image forming device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the image forming device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the image forming device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a portion of the image forming device of FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a portion of the image forming device of FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner;

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an engaged state of side walls of a front cover and spacer members of the image forming device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an engaged state of the side wall of the front cover and a spacer member of the image forming device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a portion of the image forming device of FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view showing peripheries of hinge portions of the image forming device of FIG. 1.

Claims

1. An image forming device comprising: a main body frame at which an opening is provided;an image forming section that is accommodated in the main body frame, and that forms an image on a recording medium;an opening/closing cover that is rotatably supported and opens and closes the opening, a bent portion of the opening/closing cover that is bent toward the main body frame covering an edge portion, at the side of the opening, of the main body frame in a state in which the opening/closing cover is closed; anda fixed cover that is provided integrally with the main body frame, and that covers the bent portion in the state in which the opening/closing cover is closed.

2. The image forming device of claim 1, further comprising a spacer member that is provided between the main body frame and the fixed cover, and that forms a space, into which the bent portion of the opening/closing cover can be inserted, between the main body frame and the fixed cover.

3. The image forming device of claim 2, further comprising a positioning portion that is provided between the main body frame and the fixed cover, and that, in the state in which the opening/closing cover is closed, positions the bent portion of the opening/closing cover while separating the bent portion from the fixed cover.

4. The image forming device of claim 3, further comprising a guide portion that guides the bent portion of the opening/closing cover to the positioning portion at a time of closing the opening/closing cover.

5. The image forming device of claim 3, wherein the positioning portion is a pair of ribs at which taper portions, whose widths gradually narrow toward the opening/closing cover, are formed, and, in the state in which the opening/closing cover is closed, the pair of ribs nipping the bent portion of the opening/closing cover.

6. The image forming device of claim 3, wherein the positioning portion is formed integrally with the fixed cover.

7. The image forming device of claim 3, wherein the bent portion is provided at both end sides of the opening/closing cover in an axial direction of a rotational axis of the opening/closing cover, and a plurality of the positioning portions are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the rotational axis of the opening/closing cover.

8. The image forming device of claim 7, wherein, at the time of closing the opening/closing cover, the plurality of positioning portions position the bent portions of the opening/closing cover sequentially in order from a side of the rotational axis of the opening/closing cover.

9. The image forming device of claim 7, wherein at least one of an arrangement of and a number of the plurality of positioning portions differs at one side and at another side in the axial direction of the rotational axis of the opening/closing cover.

10. The image forming device of claim 1, further comprising an urging section that urges the opening/closing cover toward one end side in an axial direction of a rotational axis, at a time of closing the opening/closing cover.

11. The image forming device of claim 10, wherein the urging section comprising: a projecting portion provided one of at the bent portion of the opening/closing cover, andbetween the main body frame and the fixed cover,and projecting toward one of the main body frame and the opening/closing cover; anda taper portion provided one of between the main body frame and the fixed cover, andat the bent portion of the opening/closing cover,and abutting the projecting portion at the time of closing the opening/closing cover, and causing force, which is directed toward one side or is directed toward another side in the axial direction of the rotational axis of the opening/closing cover, to be applied to the projecting portion.

12. The image forming device of claim 1, further comprising correcting members provided at both end portions of the main body frame in an axial direction of a rotational axis of the opening/closing cover, and abutting inner sides of the bent portions of the opening/closing cover to correct postures of the bent portions.

13. The image forming device of claim 1, further comprising a top surface cover that is formed integrally with an end portion of the opening/closing cover, and that opens and closes a top surface of the main body frame at opening/closing operation of the opening/closing cover.

14. The image forming device of claim 11, wherein, at the time of closing the opening/closing cover, the projecting portion projecting from the bent portion of the opening/closing cover toward the main body frame abuts the taper portion provided between the main body frame and the fixed cover.

15. The image forming device of claim 11, wherein, at the time of closing the opening/closing cover, the projecting portion projecting toward the opening/closing cover from between the main body frame and the fixed cover abuts the taper portion provided at the bent portion of the opening/closing cover.