Electrophotography – Having particular structure – Modular or displaceable
Patent
1998-11-27
1999-11-23
Beatty, Robert
Electrophotography
Having particular structure
Modular or displaceable
399124, G03G 1516
Patent
active
059915722
ABSTRACT:
A door apparatus of a fixing unit includes a guide door hinged to one side of a frame of the fixing unit, so that the guide door can be opened horizontally, securing enough space for removing a jammed sheet. The frame comprises a plurality of bent plates formed at the one side thereof, each of the bent plates having a hinge hole, and the guide door comprises a plurality of extending plates formed at one side thereof, extending horizontally with respect to the bent plates, each of the extending plates having a hinge pin. The hinge pins are inserted into the hinge holes. Further, the door apparatus includes a U-shaped lock having a fixed end and a free end, formed on the opposite side of the guide door such that an outer side of the free end elastically contacts an inner face of the other side of the frame. Further, the door apparatus includes a catch formed at a specified portion of the free end, slanted so as to insert smoothly into a receiving hole formed at a corresponding portion of the another side of the frame, so that the catch is inserted into the receiving hole to lock the guide door to the frame.
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Beatty Robert
Bushnell Esq. Robert E.
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
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