JP6425761B2 - Electrical cable connection apparatus and image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a board-side connector provided with a first device and a second device, the cable-side connector provided at the tip of an electric cable extended from the second device being provided on the circuit board of the first device. The present invention relates to an electrical cable connection device and an image forming apparatus having a configuration to be connected.

  Conventionally, in an image forming apparatus, an automatic document feeder is mounted on an image forming apparatus main body provided with an image forming unit, a scanner unit, and a sheet conveying unit, and the tip of an electric cable derived from the automatic document feeder The cable-side connector provided in the unit is integrally formed by connecting the cable-side connector provided on the circuit-side connector provided on the circuit board mounted on the image forming apparatus main body.

  In the image forming apparatus having such a configuration, when removing the automatic document feeder from the image forming apparatus main body conventionally, after removing the back plate of the image forming apparatus main body, the cable side connector of the electric cable is removed from the substrate side connector. I was working. Also, even when attaching the automatic document feeder to the image forming apparatus main body, after removing the back plate of the image forming apparatus main body, connect the cable side connector of the electric cable of the document reading device to the substrate side connector. The face plate was attached to the back of the image forming apparatus main body.

  Such an operation does not pose any problem if it is at the time of factory production. However, for example, when replacing the automatic document feeder at an installation site after shipment, it is necessary to have a space where the back plate can be removed. Where there was no such space, it was a very cumbersome task. Therefore, there has been a demand for a structure in which the automatic document feeder can be easily attached and removed.

  Moreover, since it is necessary to set it as the connection structure which can endure tensile strength 10 kgf as an external force, the connection apparatus of an electric cable also had the response | compatibility also in terms of intensity | strength.

  As an example of the connection apparatus of an electric cable, the electric cable attachment apparatus of patent document 1 is disclosed.

  This electric cable attachment device connects the electric cable from the main unit to the automatic document supply unit in order to electrically connect the main unit with the automatic document supply unit whose one end is openably connected to the main unit by a hinge unit. The electric cable is connected to a connector on a substrate provided in the automatic document feeding unit, and the electric cable is fixed to the substrate by a bundle band.

  According to the electrical cable attachment device described in Patent Document 1, the assembly of the electrical cable and the substrate is facilitated.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2003-51683

  However, in the electric cable attaching apparatus described in Patent Document 1, since the electric cable is fixed to the substrate, the substrate may be broken when any external force is applied to the electric cable, and the problem of the strength still remains. Yes.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its object is to provide an electrical cable connecting apparatus having a structure in which a connecting portion such as a substrate is not directly applied even if an external force is applied to the electrical cable. An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus.

An electric cable connection device according to the present invention comprises a first device and a second device, and a cable side connector provided on the first device side of an electric cable derived from the second device is the first device. An electric cable connecting device connected to a first device-side connector provided on the first device , wherein the cable-side connector can be connected to the first device-side connector from the outside of the first device Opening, a lid closing the opening, a fixing part provided on the lid and fixing the lid to the first device, and a lid provided on the lid, engaging and disengaging with the opening The connector comprises: an engagement portion which engages freely ; a lead-out portion which leads the electric cable out of the first device and which is provided on the lid; and an attachment member which is attached to the electric cable; Closes the opening with the lid When the mounted between the cable connector and said outlet portion, said outlet portion, characterized in that provided on the fixing portion nearer the engaging portion.

In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the attachment member may be attached closer to the lead-out portion than the first device-side connector when the opening is closed by the lid.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the lead-out portion may be provided in the lid or the opening.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the lid is an engaging portion engageably engaged with the side edge side of the opening provided on one side edge side of the lid; You may be comprised so that attachment to the said opening part was possible by the said fixing | fixed part provided in the other side edge side with respect to the one side edge side of the said lid.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the mounting member may be mounted closer to the fixing portion than the engaging portion when the opening is closed by the lid.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the lead-out portion may be provided closer to the fixed portion than the engagement portion.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the electric cable may be drawn out from the edge closer to the fixing portion than the engaging portion when the opening is closed by the lid. .

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the attachment member may be attached between the engagement portion and the fixing portion on the back surface of the lid.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the fixing portion may be configured to fix both sides across the electric cable.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, a positioning portion for determining the wiring position of the electric cable may be provided between the lead-out portion of the lid and the attachment member.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the attachment member may be a resin band attached to the electric cable.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the lid may be configured such that the fixing portion is disposed so as to face the fixing hole formed in the frame in the opening.

  In the electrical cable connection device according to the present invention, a plurality of cable side connectors and a ground terminal may be provided at the tip of the electrical cable.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the lead-out position of the electric cable of the second device and the opening of the first device are vertically opposed, and the electric cable is the one from the second device side It is good also as composition drawn around a first device side so that a circular arc may be drawn.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the casing of the first device may be provided on the opposite side of the opening to the second device, and may be configured to include a removable back plate.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the electric cable may be drawn out from one side edge portion side of the lid in the width direction of the first device.

  An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes the electric cable connecting apparatus according to the present invention, and one of the first apparatus and the second apparatus at least includes an image forming unit and a scanner unit. It is a main body, and the other is an automatic document feeder.

According to the present invention, even if an external force is applied to the electric cable, the external force is applied to the mounting member and not directly to the connection portion between the connectors, so there is a fear that the circuit board or the first device connector may be damaged. Absent.

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged rear view of a part of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment. It is a back view of a lid with which a tip part of an electric cable was attached. It is a surface view of a lid to which the tip part of an electric cable was attached. It is an enlarged view of a periphery including an opening. It is an explanatory view showing a process of attaching a lid to an opening. It is a schematic sectional drawing in alignment with the AA of FIG. It is sectional drawing in alignment with the BB line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the reference example of the attachment member of the electric cable which used the resin band.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an exemplary configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a rear view.

  The image forming apparatus 1 of this embodiment forms a multi-color and single-color image on a predetermined sheet (recording sheet) according to image data and the like transmitted from the outside, and at least the scanner unit 2A and the image An image forming apparatus main body (hereinafter simply referred to as an apparatus main body) 2 including a forming unit 2 B and an automatic document feeder 3 are provided. That is, in the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus main body 2 corresponds to the first apparatus and the other apparatus described in the claims, and the automatic document feeder 3 corresponds to the second apparatus and the one apparatus described in the claims. ing.

  The automatic document feeder 3 automatically conveys a document onto the document placing table 4 formed of hard transparent glass in the upper part of the apparatus body 2. Further, the automatic document feeder 3 is configured to be rotatable in the direction of the arrow M, and by opening the top of the document placement table 4, the document can be placed manually.

  The scanner unit 2A is a CCD sensor via a lamp unit 83, mirrors 84 to 86, and a lens unit 87, an original document placed on the document table 4 or an image of a document fed by the automatic document feeder 3. The image data read at 88 is sent to the image forming unit 2B.

  The image data handled in the image forming unit 2B corresponds to a color image using each color of black (K), cyan (C), magenta (M) and yellow (Y). Therefore, the charger 6, the developing unit 7, the photosensitive drum (hereinafter referred to as a photosensitive member) 8 and the cleaner unit 9 are provided four by four so as to form four types of latent images corresponding to the respective colors. It is set to K, C, M, Y.

  The exposure unit 5 exposes the photosensitive member 8 charged by the charger 6 with a light beam in accordance with the input image data or the like, whereby an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the image data is formed on the surface of the photosensitive member 8. Have the function of forming

  The charger 6 is a charging unit for uniformly charging the surface of the photosensitive member 8 to a predetermined potential. The developing unit 7 visualizes the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of each photosensitive member 8 with toners of four colors (Y, M, C, and K). Further, the cleaner unit 9 removes and collects the toner remaining on the surface of the photosensitive member 8 after development and image transfer.

  The intermediate transfer belt unit 10 disposed above the photosensitive members 8 has an intermediate transfer belt 11, which is an intermediate transfer member provided so as to be in contact with the photosensitive members 8, for each color of the photosensitive members 8. It has a function of forming a color toner image (multicolor toner image) by sequentially overlapping and transferring toner images. The intermediate transfer belt 11 is stretched and driven by an intermediate transfer belt drive roller 12, an intermediate transfer belt driven roller 13 and an intermediate transfer roller 14. The transfer of the toner image from the photosensitive member 8 to the intermediate transfer belt 11 is performed by the intermediate transfer roller 14 in contact with the back side of the intermediate transfer belt 11. The intermediate transfer roller 14 is applied with a high voltage transfer bias (a high voltage opposite in polarity (+) to the charging polarity (−) of the toner) to transfer the toner image.

  As described above, the electrostatic image visualized on the surface of each photosensitive member 8 in accordance with each color is laminated by the intermediate transfer belt 11. The stacked image information is transferred onto the sheet by the transfer roller 15 disposed at the contact position between the sheet and the intermediate transfer belt 11 by the rotation of the intermediate transfer belt 11. At this time, the intermediate transfer belt 11 and the transfer roller 15 are in pressure contact with each other at a predetermined nip, and a voltage for transferring the toner to the sheet is applied to the transfer roller 15 (reverse to the charging polarity (−) of the toner). Polarity (+) high voltage). Further, as described above, the toner attached to the intermediate transfer belt 11 by contacting the photosensitive member 8 or the toner remaining on the intermediate transfer belt 11 without being transferred onto the sheet by the transfer roller 15 is the intermediate transfer belt It is removed and collected by the cleaning unit 16.

  The sheet feeding cassette 17 is a tray for accumulating sheets used for image formation, and is provided below the exposure unit 5 of the apparatus main body 2. Also, sheets can be placed on the manual feed cassette 18 as well. Further, the paper discharge tray 19 provided above the apparatus main body 2 is a tray for stacking the printed sheets face-down.

  Further, the apparatus main body 2 is provided with a sheet conveyance path S for feeding the sheets of the sheet feeding cassette 17 and the manual sheet feeding cassette 18 to the sheet discharge tray 19 via the transfer roller 15 and the fixing unit 20. A pickup roller 21, a plurality of conveyance rollers 22, a registration roller 23, a transfer roller 15, a fixing unit 20, and the like are disposed in the vicinity of the sheet conveyance path S from the sheet feeding cassette 17 to the manual sheet feeding cassette 18 to the sheet discharge tray 19. It is done.

  The conveyance rollers 22 are small rollers for promoting and assisting the conveyance of the sheet, and a plurality of the conveyance rollers 22 are provided along the sheet conveyance path S. Further, the pickup roller 21 is provided near the end of the sheet feeding cassette 17 or the manual sheet feeding cassette 18, picks up sheets one by one from the sheet feeding cassette 17 or the manual sheet feeding cassette 18, and supplies the sheet to the sheet conveyance path S. Do.

  The registration roller 23 temporarily holds the sheet conveyed in the sheet conveyance path S. The sheet has a function of conveying the sheet to the transfer roller 15 at timing when the front end of the toner image on the surface of the photosensitive member 8 and the front end of the sheet are aligned.

  The fixing unit 20 has a function of melting, mixing, pressing the multi-color toner image transferred onto the sheet by heat-pressing the toner onto the sheet by the heat roller 24 and the pressure roller 25 and thermally fixing the sheet to the sheet. Have. Further, the fixing unit 20 is provided with an external heating belt 26 for heating the heat roller 24 from the outside. A sheet, on which unfixed toner is melted and fixed by heat by passing through the fixing unit 20, is discharged onto the sheet discharge tray 19 through, for example, the conveyance roller 22 disposed in the sheet conveyance path S on the downstream side. .

  In the image forming apparatus 1 configured as described above, in the present embodiment, an opening 30 for attaching the lid 40 is provided at the top on the case back 2 a side of the apparatus body 2 and is led out from the back side of the automatic document feeder 3 to the outside. The cable side connector provided at the tip of the electric cable 50 is detachably connected to the board side connector of the circuit board disposed in the apparatus main body 2 through the opening 30.

  Hereinafter, the connection device of the electric cable 50 will be specifically described.

  3 to 7 show a specific configuration of the electrical cable connection device according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a back view of the lid attached with the tip of the electrical cable, and FIG. 4 is the electrical cable 5 is an enlarged view of the periphery including the opening, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a process of attaching the lid to the opening, and FIG. 7 is a front view of the lid shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG.

  In the electric cable connection device of the present embodiment, the front end portion of the electric cable 50 led to the outside from the back side of the automatic document feeder 3 is attached to the back surface of the lid 40 by the attachment member 41 (see FIG. 3) . That is, the tip of the electric cable 50 and the lid 40 are integrally formed. Further, at the end of the electric cable 50, cable side connectors 51a and 51b and a ground terminal 51c are provided.

  The lid 40 is formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape, and is used to lock the opening 30 described later on one of the side edge portions on the short side (the side edge portion on the right side in FIGS. 3 and 4) 40a. A hook (an example of an engaging portion) 42 is provided which is detachably engaged with the groove 32. In addition, a lid-side lead-out portion formed in a concave shape for leading the electric cable 50 to the other side edge portion 40b opposite to the hook 42 (the left side edge portion in FIGS. 3 and 4) A screw inserting boss 44 having screw insertion holes 45a at upper and lower two positions on the back surface of the lid 40 in the vicinity of the lid side lead-out portion 44 so as to straddle the lid side lead-out portion 44 is provided. An example) 45 is set up.

  The attachment member 41 is provided between the hook 42 and the screw insertion boss 45 on the back surface of the lid 40. As understood from FIG. 3, the attachment member 41 is provided closer to the screw insertion boss 45 than the hook 42. As shown in FIG. 8, the configuration is such that the electric cable 50 is held from the side by a substantially U-shaped resin band 41a, and both ends thereof are aligned, and screws inserted at both ends are inserted. The electric cable 50 is attached to the back surface of the lid 40 by inserting the screw member 70 into the hole 41 b and screwing the screw receiving portion 46 provided on the back surface of the lid 40. However, the mounting member 41 is not limited to such a substantially U-shaped resin band 41a, and for example, as shown in the reference example of FIG. By using the resin band 41e provided with the portion 41e1, inserting the screw member 70 into the screw insertion holes 41f provided at the both ends thereof and screwing the screw receiving portions 47 provided on the back surface of the lid 40, The electric cable 50 may be attached to the back of the lid 40.

  In addition, positioning ribs 48 and 48 as positioning portions for holding the electric cable 50 from both sides to determine the wiring position are provided between the lid-side lead-out portion 44 and the mounting member 41 (resin band 41a). 45 and 45 are disposed adjacent to and facing each other.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the opening 30 is formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape, and the side edge 31 on the left side is a lid at the center in the height direction (vertical direction in FIG. 5). A locking groove 32 is provided for locking the hook 42 of 40.

Further, a connector opening 34 is provided on the bottom surface 33 of the opening 30, and the substrate side connectors 61a and 61b of the circuit board 60 disposed inside the apparatus main body 2 are provided in the connector opening 34. (An example of the first device connector) is provided so as to be exposed and exposed in the opening 30.

  Further, screwing openings 36 are provided on the bottom surface 33 of the opening 30 at two upper and lower positions near the side edge 35 on the right side. The screw holes 66 formed in the metal frame 65 disposed in each are disposed opposite to each other. That is, when the lid 40 is attached to the opening 30, the screwing opening 36 faces the screw insertion bosses 45 erected at two locations above and below the rear surface of the lid 40 and is formed in the metal frame 65. The screw hole 66 is disposed to face the screw insertion hole 45 a of the screw insertion boss 45.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, a combination of the hook 42 and the screw insertion boss 45 is used as an attachment portion for attaching and fixing the lid 40 to the opening 30. As a result, since it is only necessary to fix the screw only on the other side edge portion 40b of the lid 40 provided with the screw insertion boss 45, the work of attaching the lid 40 to the opening 30 is simplified. Further, since the other side edge portion 40b is screw-fixed, the lid 40 itself is firmly fixed to the opening 30 even if any external force is applied, so the circuit board 60 and the board side connectors 61a and 61b There is no fear of damage.

  In addition, the code | symbol 38 in FIG. 5 is an earth screw which connects the earth terminal 51c provided in the front-end | tip of the electric cable 50. As shown in FIG.

  Further, the electric cable 50 is led out from the inside of the opening 30 to the outside of the opening 30 (or the opening 30 from the outside) at the approximate center of the right side edge 35 opposite to the edge 31 where the locking groove 32 is provided. An opening-side lead-out portion (cable lead-out portion) 39 formed in a concave shape (formed in a semi-slab shape) for introduction into the inside is formed.

  Next, a cable connection procedure in the cable connection device using the lid 40 and the opening 30 configured as described above will be described.

  First, the cover 40 is attached to the end of the electric cable 50 drawn from the automatic document feeder 3 by the attachment member. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the end portion of the electric cable 50 is sandwiched from the side by the substantially U-shaped resin band 41a so that both end portions are aligned, and the screws provided at both end portions The electric cable 50 is attached and fixed to the back surface of the lid 40 by inserting the screw member 70 into the insertion hole 41 b and screwing the screw receiving portion 46 provided on the back surface of the lid 40. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the electric cable 50 positioned between the lid side lead-out portion 44 and the resin band 41 a is positioned by being sandwiched between the positioning ribs 48 and 48. That is, the electric cable 50 led out from the lid 40 is wired so as to pass through the lid side lead-out portion 44.

  Next, in this state, as shown in FIG. 6, the cable side connectors 51a and 51b provided at the tip of the electric cable 50 are connected to the board side connectors 61a and 61b.

  Next, in this state, the hooks 42 of the lid 40 are laterally locked in the locking grooves 32 of the opening 30, and the lid 40 is pushed toward the opening 30 with this locking portion as a fulcrum. The lid 40 is attached to the opening 30. At this time, the electric cable 50 is formed in a substantially arc shape (or a horizontally long oval shape) by the substantially semicircular arc lid side outlet portion 44 and the substantially semicircular arc opening side outlet portion 39 opposed thereto. It is derived along the lead-out portion and is curved without difficulty. Further, in this state, as shown in FIG. 7, the tip of the screw insertion boss 45 of the lid 40 passes through the screwing opening 36 formed in the bottom surface 33 of the opening 30 to the metal frame 65. It faces the formed screw hole 66.

  Therefore, in this state, the screw member 71 is inserted into the screw insertion hole 45 a of the screw insertion boss 45 from the surface side of the lid 40, and screwed into and fixed to the screw hole 66 of the metal frame 65. Is fixed to the opening 30. As understood from FIG. 7, when the lid 40 is attached to the opening 30, the electric cable 50 is an edge closer to the screw insertion boss (fixed portion) 45 than the hook (engaging portion) 42 of the lid 40. Is derived from the outside.

  When the connection of the electric cable 50 is removed, the lid 40 may be removed from the opening 30 in the reverse procedure to the above.

  According to the electric cable connection device of the present embodiment, for example, when the automatic original feeding device 3 is removed from the apparatus main body 2, the back plate 2b (see FIG. 2) provided on the case back surface 2a of the apparatus main body 2 is removed. Instead, by removing only the lid 40 from the opening 30, the cable side connectors 51a and 51b of the electric cable 50 attached to the lid 40 can be easily removed from the board side connectors 61a and 61b. Further, since the electric cable 50 is attached to the lid 40 by the resin band 41a which is the attachment member 41, even if an external force is applied to the electric cable 50 exposed to the outside, the external force is first applied to the lid 40. The cable side connectors 51a and 51b and the substrate side are added to the resin band 41a which is the mounting member 41, and then to the screw fixing portion by the screw insertion holes 45a of the screw insertion boss 45 and the screw holes 66 of the metal frame 65. There is no direct connection with the connectors 61a and 61b. Therefore, there is no concern that the circuit board 60 and the board side connectors 61a and 61b will be damaged.

  Also, when the automatic document feeder 3 is mounted on the apparatus body 2, the automatic document feeder 3 having the lid 40 attached to the electric cable 50 is mounted on the apparatus body 2, and thereafter, the cable with the lid 40 is attached Since it is sufficient to connect the side connectors 51a and 51b to the substrate side connectors 61a and 61b and fix and fix the lid 40 to the opening 30, the mounting operation is also simple.

  Further, in the connection procedure, the electric cable 50 can also be fixed simply by attaching the lid 40 to the opening 30. That is, since the process of attaching the electric cable 50 to the apparatus main body 2 can be omitted after the cable side connectors 51a and 51b are connected to the substrate side connectors 61a and 61b, the connection process can be simplified accordingly.

  Further, according to the cable connection device of the present embodiment, the screw insertion bosses 45 are disposed on both sides across the electric cable 50. As described above, by fixing the screw insertion boss 45 to the metal frame 65 on both sides so as to straddle the electric cable 50 in the vicinity of the lid side lead-out portion 44, the fixing force of the electric cable 50 against external force can be obtained. It can be made more robust.

  Further, according to the electric cable connection device of the present embodiment, the positioning rib 48 for determining the wiring position of the electric cable 50 is provided between the lid side lead-out portion 44 and the screw insertion boss 45. Thus, by providing the positioning rib 48, the electric cable 50 can be correctly positioned on the back surface of the lid 40.

  In the above embodiment, the electric cable 50 is led out from the rear left side of the automatic document feeder 3 and is drawn around in the lateral direction and folded back to the opening 30 on the rear right side of the apparatus main body 2 How to draw the electric cable 50 differs depending on the position of the circuit board provided on the side of the apparatus main body 2 and the position where the electric cable 50 is drawn from the automatic document feeder 3. For example, in the case where the lead-out position of the electric cable 50 of the automatic document feeder 3 and the arrangement position of the circuit board on the apparatus main body 2 face up and down, the electric cable 50 is simply from the top to the bottom. You can draw a semicircular arc around it. In this case, the arrangement of the lid 40 and the opening 30 may also be rotated 90 ° clockwise from the state shown in FIG.

  In the above embodiment, although the present invention is applied to the image forming apparatus, the present invention is not limited to the image forming apparatus, and an output in which the first apparatus and the second apparatus are derived to the outside. The present invention is applicable to all devices configured to be electrically connected by a cable.

  That is, the embodiment disclosed this time is an example in all points, and is not a basis for a limited interpretation. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is not interpreted only by the above-mentioned embodiment, and is defined based on the statement of a claim. Moreover, all changes within the meaning and range equivalent to the claims are included.

1 image forming apparatus 2 apparatus main body (first apparatus: other apparatus)
2A scanner unit 2B image forming unit 2a case rear surface 2b rear plate 3 automatic document feeder (second device: one device)
Reference Signs List 4 document placement table 5 exposure unit 6 charger 7 developing device 8 photoreceptor 9 cleaner unit 10 intermediate transfer belt unit 11 intermediate transfer belt 30 opening 31 left side edge 32 locking groove 33 bottom 34 opening for connector 35 Right side edge portion 36 Screw opening 38 Earth screw 39 Opening side lead portion 40 Lid 40a One side edge portion 40b Other side edge portion 41 Mounting member 41a Resin band 41b Screw insertion hole 42 Hook (engagement portion Example)
44 lid side outlet 45 boss for screw insertion (an example of fixing part)
45a Screw insertion hole 48 Positioning rib (an example of positioning part)
50 electrical cable 51a, 51b cable side connector 51c ground terminal 60 circuit board 61a, 61b board side connector 65 metal frame 66 screw hole (an example of fixing hole)
70, 71 screw member 83 lamp unit 84 to 86 mirror 87 lens unit 88 CCD sensor

Claims (16)

A cable-side connector provided on the first device side of the electric cable derived from the second device, comprising a first device and a second device is a first device-side connector provided in the first device. An electrical cable connection device to be connected,
An opening provided in the first device and capable of connecting the cable-side connector to the first device-side connector from the outside of the first device ;
A lid closing the opening;
A fixing portion provided on the lid for fixing the lid to the first device;
An engagement portion provided on the lid and engageably and disengageably with the opening;
A lead-out portion for leading the electric cable to the outside of the first device and provided on the lid;
And a mounting member attached to the electrical cable;
The mounting member is mounted between the cable-side connector and the lead-out portion when the opening is closed by the lid .
The electric cable connecting device according to claim 1, wherein the lead-out portion is provided closer to the fixed portion than the engagement portion . A cable-side connector provided on the first device side of the electric cable derived from the second device, comprising a first device and a second device is a first device-side connector provided in the first device. An electrical cable connection device to be connected,
An opening provided in the first device and capable of connecting the cable-side connector to the first device-side connector from the outside of the first device ;
A lid closing the opening;
A fixing portion provided on the lid for fixing the lid to the first device;
An engagement portion provided on the lid and engageably and disengageably with the opening;
A lead-out unit for leading the electric cable to the outside of the first device;
And a mounting member attached to the electrical cable;
When the opening is closed by the lid,
The mounting member is mounted between the cable side connector and the lead-out portion,
The electric cable connecting device according to claim 1, wherein the electric cable is led out of an edge portion of the lid body closer to the fixing portion than the engaging portion . The electrical cable connection device according to claim 2 , wherein
The electric cable connecting device according to claim 1, wherein the lead-out portion is provided at the lid or the opening. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of claims 1-3 .
The electric cable connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting member is mounted closer to the lead-out portion than the first device-side connector when the opening is closed by the lid. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of claims 1-4 .
The lid body is an edge portion side of the opening portion provided on one edge side of the lid body, and an engagement portion engageable with and disengageable from the edge portion side of the lid body. An electric cable connecting device characterized in that it is configured to be attachable to the opening by the fixing portion provided on the side of the other side with respect to. The electrical cable connection device according to claim 5 , wherein
The electric cable connecting device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting member is mounted closer to the fixing portion than the engaging portion when the opening is closed by the lid. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein
The said attachment member is attached between the said engaging part and the said fixing | fixed part in the back surface of the said cover body. The electric cable connection apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein
The electric cable connecting device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing portion is configured to fix both sides across the electric cable. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims , wherein
An electric cable connecting apparatus, comprising: a positioning part for determining a wiring position of the electric cable between the lead-out part of the lid and the mounting member. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , wherein
An electric cable connection device characterized in that the mounting member is a resin band attached to the electric cable. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10 , wherein
The electric cable connecting device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing portion is disposed to face the fixing hole formed in the frame in the opening portion so as to face the fixing member. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims , wherein
An electrical cable connection device, wherein a plurality of cable side connectors and a ground terminal are provided at an end of the electrical cable. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims , wherein
The lead-out position of the electric cable of the second device and the opening of the first device face up and down, and the electric cable draws a circular arc from the second device side to the first device side. An electrical cable connection device characterized in that it is routed. An electrical cable connection device according to any one of the preceding claims , wherein
An electric cable connecting device according to claim 1, wherein a casing of the first device is provided on a side opposite to the second device with respect to the opening, and includes a removable back plate. An electrical cable connection apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims , wherein
The electric cable connecting device according to claim 1, wherein the electric cable is led out from one side edge of the lid in the width direction of the first device. An image forming apparatus comprising the electrical cable connecting device according to any one of claims 1 to 15 ,
An image forming apparatus characterized in that one of the first apparatus and the second apparatus is an image forming apparatus main body provided with at least an image forming unit and a scanner unit, and the other is an automatic document feeder. .

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