JP6636592B2 - Electric cable connection device and image forming device - Google Patents

Description

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

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image forming apparatus has an automatic document feeder mounted on an image forming apparatus main body including an image forming section, a scanner section, and a paper transport section, and a leading end of an electric cable derived from the automatic document feeder. The connector is formed integrally by connecting a cable-side connector provided in the unit to a board-side connector provided on a circuit board mounted on the image forming apparatus main body.

  In the image forming apparatus having such a configuration, when the automatic document feeder is detached 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 disconnected from the board side connector. I was working. Also, when attaching the automatic document feeder to the image forming apparatus main body, remove the back plate of the image forming apparatus main body, connect the cable side connector of the electric cable of the document reading apparatus to the board side connector, and then, The operation of attaching the face plate to the back of the image forming apparatus main body has been performed.

  This kind of work does not pose any problem during factory production, but, for example, when replacing the automatic document feeder at the installation site after shipment, a space is required for removing the back plate. In places where there is no such space, the operation was very complicated. Therefore, there has been a demand for a structure that can easily attach and detach the automatic document feeder.

  In addition, the connection device for the electric cable needs to have a connection structure capable of withstanding a tensile strength of 10 kgf as an external force, and therefore, measures have been required in terms of strength.

  As an example of an electric cable connecting device, an electric cable attaching device described in Patent Document 1 is disclosed.

  This electric cable attaching device connects an electric cable from the main unit to the automatic document supply unit to electrically connect the main unit to the automatic document supply unit having one end connected to the main unit so as to be openable and closable by a hinge unit. The electrical cable is connected to a connector on a board provided in the automatic document feeder unit, and the electrical cable is fixed to the board by a bundled band.

  According to the electric cable attaching device described in Patent Document 1, assembly of the electric cable and the board becomes easy.

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  However, in the electric cable attaching device described in Patent Literature 1, since the electric cable is fixed to the substrate, the substrate may be damaged if any external force is applied to the electric cable, and the problem in strength still remains. Up to.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric cable connecting device having a structure in which even if an external force is applied to an electric cable, a connecting portion such as a board is not directly applied to the electric cable. An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus.

An electric cable connection device according to the present invention includes a first device and a second device, wherein a cable-side connector of an electric cable derived from the second device is a first device-side connector provided in the first device. An electrical cable connection device connected to the first device, wherein the opening is provided in the first device, the cable-side connector can be connected to the first device-side connector from outside the first device, and the opening is A lid to be closed , provided on a surface covering the opening of the lid, a fixing portion for fixing the lid to the first device, and provided extending from a peripheral edge of the lid; It includes an engaging portion for engaging disengageably with respect to the opening, and a deriving unit that derives the electrical cable to the outside of the first device, and a mounting member attached to the electric cable, the mounting The member closes the opening with the lid. When said 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 lead-out portion may be provided in the lid and / or the opening.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the lead-out portion may be provided at an edge of the lid and / or at an edge of the opening.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the lead-out portion is configured by a lid-side lead-out portion provided in the lid, and an opening-side lead-out portion provided in the opening, and the lid-side lead-out portion is provided. The opening side lead-out portion may be configured to face each other when the opening is closed by the lid.

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

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, the lid may be configured such that the lid is detachably engaged with an edge of the opening provided on one edge of the lid. Alternatively, the lid may be configured to be freely attached to the opening by a fixing portion provided on one edge portion side with respect to the other edge portion side.

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

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

  In the electric cable connecting device according to the present invention, the fixing portion may have a structure in which both sides are fixed across 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 opposed to and fixed to a fixing hole formed in a frame in the opening.

  In the electric cable connection device according to the present invention, a configuration may be provided in which a positioning portion that determines a wiring position of the electric cable is 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, a plurality of cable-side connectors and a ground terminal may be provided at a tip of the electric cable.

  In the electric cable connecting device according to the present invention, the electric cable may be led out from one 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 connection device according to the present invention, and one of the first device and the second device includes at least an image forming unit and a scanner unit. A main body, and the other is an automatic document feeder.

According to the present invention, even if any external force is applied to the electric cable, the external force is applied to the mounting member and is not directly applied to the connection portion between the connectors, so that there is no fear that the first device-side connector is damaged.

1 is a schematic sectional view illustrating a configuration example of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a rear view illustrating a part of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment in an enlarged manner. It is a rear view of the lid to which the tip part of the electric cable was attached. It is a front view of the lid to which the tip part of the electric cable was attached. It is an enlarged view of the periphery including an opening. It is explanatory drawing which shows the process of attaching a cover to an opening part. FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3. 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 sectional view showing a configuration example 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 the present embodiment forms multi-color and single-color images on a predetermined sheet (recording paper) in accordance with image data transmitted from the outside. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus main body (hereinafter, simply referred to as an apparatus main body) 2 having a forming section 2B and an automatic document feeder 3. That is, in this embodiment, the image forming apparatus main body 2 corresponds to the first device and the other device described in the claims, and the automatic document feeder 3 corresponds to the second device and one device in the claims. ing.

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

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

  The image data handled by 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 device 7, the photosensitive drum (hereinafter, referred to as a photosensitive member) 8, and the cleaner unit 9 are provided four each so as to form four kinds of latent images corresponding to each color. K, C, M, and Y are set.

  The exposure unit 5 exposes the photoconductor 8 charged by the charger 6 with a light beam according to input image data or the like, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photoconductor 8 according to the image data. Has the function of forming

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

  The intermediate transfer belt unit 10 disposed above the photoreceptor 8 applies an intermediate transfer belt 11 which is an intermediate transfer member provided so as to be in contact with each of the photoreceptors 8, to each color of the color formed on the photoreceptor 8. It has a function of forming a color toner image (multicolor toner image) by sequentially superimposing and transferring the toner images. The intermediate transfer belt 11 is stretched and driven by an intermediate transfer belt driving roller 12, an intermediate transfer belt driven roller 13, and an intermediate transfer roller. The transfer of the toner image from the photoconductor 8 to the intermediate transfer belt 11 is performed by an intermediate transfer roller 14 that is in contact with the back side of the intermediate transfer belt 11. A high voltage transfer bias (a high voltage having a polarity (+) opposite to the polarity (−) of the toner charge) is applied to the intermediate transfer roller 14 to transfer the toner image.

  As described above, the electrostatic images visualized according to each hue on the surface of each photoconductor 8 are stacked on the intermediate transfer belt 11. The stacked image information is transferred onto the sheet by the transfer roller 15 disposed at a position where the sheet and the intermediate transfer belt 11 come into contact with each other by the rotation of the intermediate transfer belt 11. At this time, the intermediate transfer belt 11 and the transfer roller 15 are pressed against each other at a predetermined nip, and a voltage for transferring the toner to the paper is applied to the transfer roller 15 (reverse to the charge polarity (−) of the toner). Polarity (+) high voltage). Further, as described above, the toner adhered to the intermediate transfer belt 11 due to the contact with the photoconductor 8 or the toner remaining on the intermediate transfer belt 11 without being transferred onto the paper by the transfer roller 15 is transferred to the intermediate transfer belt 11. It is removed and collected by the cleaning unit 16.

  The paper feed cassette 17 is a tray for storing 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 paper feed cassette 18. The paper discharge tray 19 provided above the apparatus main body 2 is a tray for stacking printed sheets face down.

  Further, the apparatus main body 2 is provided with a paper transport path S for feeding the sheets of the paper feed cassette 17 and the manual paper feed cassette 18 to the paper output 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 arranged in the vicinity of a sheet conveyance path S from the sheet feeding cassette 17 or the manual sheet feeding cassette 18 to the discharge tray 19. Have been.

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

  The registration roller 23 temporarily holds the sheet being conveyed along the sheet conveyance path S. Then, it has a function of transporting the sheet to the transfer roller 15 at the timing when the leading edge of the toner image on the surface of the photoconductor 8 and the leading edge of the sheet are aligned.

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

  In the image forming apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration, in the present embodiment, an opening 30 for attaching the lid 40 is provided in an upper portion of the apparatus main body 2 on the side of the housing rear surface 2 a, and is led out from the rear side of the automatic document feeder 3. The cable-side connector provided at the end 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 for the electric cable 50 will be specifically described.

  3 to 7 show a specific configuration of the electric cable connection device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a rear view of a lid to which a distal end of the electric cable is attached, and FIG. 5, FIG. 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. FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view along the line AA, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view along the line BB in FIG.

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

  The lid body 40 is formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape, and one edge on the short side (right edge in FIGS. 3 and 4) 40 a is used for locking an opening 30 described later. A hook (an example of an engaging portion) 42 is provided for engaging and disengaging the groove 32. A lid-side lead-out portion formed in a concave shape for leading the electric cable 50 to the outside is provided at the other edge (the left edge in FIGS. 3 and 4) opposite to the hook 42. A screw insertion boss (fixed portion) having screw insertion holes 45a at two upper and lower positions so as to straddle the lid-side lead-out portion 44 is provided on the back surface of the lid 40 near the lid-side lead-out portion 44. Example 45) is provided upright.

  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 can be seen from FIG. 3, the mounting member 41 is provided closer to the screw insertion boss 45 than the hook 42. As shown in FIG. 8, the structure is such that the electric cable 50 is sandwiched from the side by a resin band 41a formed in a substantially U-shape, and both ends thereof are brought into contact with each other. 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 it into 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. For example, as shown in a 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 both ends thereof, and screwing into the respective screw receiving portions 47 provided on the back surface of the lid 40, The electric cable 50 may be attached to the back surface of the lid 40.

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

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

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

  In the bottom surface 33 of the opening 30, two screwing openings 36 are provided in the upper and lower positions near the right side edge 35, and the screwing opening 36 is provided inside the device body 2. The screw holes 66 formed in the metal frame 65 arranged at the same position are respectively opposed to each other. That is, when the cover 40 is attached to the opening 30, the screwing openings 36 face the screw insertion bosses 45 erected at the upper and lower portions of the rear surface of the cover 40, and are formed in the metal frame 65. The screw hole 66 is disposed so as to face the screw insertion hole 45a of the screw insertion boss 45.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the hook 42 and the screw insertion boss 45 are combined as an attachment portion for attaching and fixing the lid 40 to the opening 30. Thus, since the screw is fixed only on the other side 40b of the lid 40 provided with the screw insertion boss 45, the operation of attaching the lid 40 to the opening 30 is simplified. Further, since the other side edge portion 40b is screw-fixed, even if some external force is applied, the lid 40 itself is firmly fixed to the opening 30, so that the circuit board 60 and the board-side connectors 61a and 61b are not fixed. There is no worry about damage.

  Reference numeral 38 in FIG. 5 denotes a ground screw for connecting a ground terminal 51c provided at the end of the electric cable 50.

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

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

  First, the cover 40 is attached to the distal end of the electric cable 50 led out from the automatic document feeder 3 by an attaching member. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, a screw provided on both ends is sandwiched between the ends of the electric cable 50 by a resin band 41 a formed in a substantially U-shape, and the ends are joined together. The electric cable 50 is attached and fixed to the rear surface of the lid 40 by inserting the screw member 70 into the insertion hole 41b and screwing it into the screw receiving portion 46 provided on the rear surface of the lid 40. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the electric cable 50 located between the lid side lead-out portion 44 and the resin band 41a is positioned so as to be sandwiched between the positioning ribs 48,48. 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 end of the electric cable 50 are connected to the board-side connectors 61a and 61b.

  Next, in this state, the hook 42 of the lid 40 is locked from the side in the locking groove 32 of the opening 30, and the lid 40 is pushed into the opening 30 side using the locking portion as a fulcrum. Then, the lid 40 is attached to the opening 30. At this time, the electric cable 50 is formed in a substantially circular arc shape (or a horizontally long elliptical shape) by the substantially semi-circular lid-side lead-out portion 44 and the substantially semi-circular opening side lead-out portion 39 opposed thereto. It is led out along the lead-out part and is bent naturally. In this state, as shown in FIG. 7, the distal end of the screw insertion boss 45 of the lid 40 passes through the screw opening 36 formed on 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 45a of the screw insertion boss 45 from the surface side of the lid 40, and screwed into the screw hole 66 of the metal frame 65 to be fixed. Is fixed to the opening 30. As can be seen from FIG. 7, when the lid 40 is attached to the opening 30, the electric cable 50 is moved from the hook (engaging portion) 42 of the lid 40 to the screw insertion boss (fixing portion) 45 near the edge. From the outside.

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

  According to the electric cable connection device of the present embodiment, for example, when the automatic feeder 3 is detached from the device main body 2, the rear plate 2 b (see FIG. 2) provided on the housing rear surface 2 a of the device main body 2 is removed. 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 cover 40 by the resin band 41a as the attachment member 41, even if any external force is applied to the electric cable 50 exposed to the outside, the external force is first applied to the cover 40. And a screw fixing portion formed by the screw insertion hole 45a of the screw insertion boss 45 and the screw hole 66 of the metal frame 65, so that the cable-side connectors 51a and 51b and the board-side There is no direct connection to the connection with the connectors 61a and 61b. Therefore, there is no fear that the circuit board 60 and the board side connectors 61a and 61b are damaged.

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

  In the above connection procedure, the electric cable 50 can be fixed only by attaching the lid 40 to the opening 30. That is, after connecting the cable-side connectors 51a and 51b to the board-side connectors 61a and 61b, the step of attaching the electric cable 50 to the apparatus main body 2 can be omitted, so that the connection step can be simplified accordingly.

  Further, according to the cable connection device of the present embodiment, the screw insertion bosses 45 are arranged on both sides across the electric cable 50. In this manner, the screw insertion boss 45 is fixed 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, so that the fixing force of the electric cable 50 against external force is reduced. It can be 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. By providing the positioning ribs 48 in this manner, the electric cable 50 can be correctly positioned on the back surface of the lid 40.

  In the above-described embodiment, the electric cable 50 is led out from the rear left side of the automatic document feeder 3 and is routed in the lateral direction to be folded back into the opening 30 on the rear right side of the apparatus main body 2. How to route the electric cable 50 depends on the position of the circuit board provided on the apparatus main body 2 side and the position where the electric cable 50 is led out from the automatic document feeder 3. For example, in a case where the leading-out position of the electric cable 50 of the automatic document feeder 3 and the arrangement position of the circuit board on the side of the apparatus main body 2 are vertically opposed, the electric cable 50 is simply placed from top to bottom. It should be drawn in such a way as to draw a semicircular arc. In this case, the arrangement state of the lid 40 and the opening 30 may be a state in which the lid 40 and the opening 30 are rotated clockwise by 90 ° from the state shown in FIG.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the image forming apparatus is described. However, the present invention is not limited to the image forming apparatus, and the first apparatus and the second apparatus are output to the outside. The present invention is applicable to all devices that are electrically connected by a cable.

  That is, the embodiment disclosed this time is an exemplification in all respects, and is not a basis for restrictive interpretation. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is not interpreted only by the above-described embodiments, but is defined based on the description of the claims. Further, all changes within the meaning and scope equivalent to the claims are included.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image forming apparatus 2 Main body (1st apparatus: The other apparatus)
2A scanner unit 2B image forming unit 2a housing back surface 2b back plate 3 automatic document feeder (second device: one device)
4 Document Placement Table 5 Exposure Unit 6 Charger 7 Developing Device 8 Photoconductor 9 Cleaner Unit 10 Intermediate Transfer Belt Unit 11 Intermediate Transfer Belt 30 Opening 31 Left Edge 32 Locking Groove 33 Bottom 34 Connector Opening 35 Right side edge 36 Screw opening 38 Ground screw 39 Opening side lead-out part 40 Lid 40a One side 40b The other side 41 Mounting member 41a Resin band 41b Screw insertion hole 42 Hook (engagement part) Example)
44 Lid side lead-out part 45 Screw insertion boss (an example of a fixed part)
45a Screw insertion hole 48 Positioning rib (Example of positioning part)
Reference Signs List 50 electric cable 51a, 51b cable-side connector 51c ground terminal 60 circuit board 61a, 61b board-side connector (an example of first device-side connector)
65 Metal frame 66 Screw holes (an example of fixing holes)
70, 71 Screw member 83 Lamp unit 84-86 Mirror 87 Lens unit 88 CCD sensor

Claims (15)

An electric cable connection device comprising a first device and a second device, wherein a cable-side connector of an electric cable derived from the second device is connected to a first device-side connector provided in the first device. hand,
An opening provided in the first device and capable of connecting the cable-side connector to the first device-side connector from outside the first device;
A lid closing the opening,
A fixing portion that is provided on a surface of the lid that covers the opening, and that fixes the lid to the first device;
Provided extending from the peripheral end portion of the lid, an engagement portion which engages detachably engaged with said opening,
A lead-out unit that leads the electric cable out of the first device;
An attachment member attached to the electric cable,
The attachment member is attached between the cable-side connector and the lead-out section when the opening is closed by the lid .
The electric cable connecting device , wherein the lead-out portion is provided closer to the fixing portion than the engaging portion . The electrical cable connection device according to claim 1,
The electric cable connection device, wherein the lead-out portion is provided in the lid and / or the opening. The electric cable connection device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
The electric cable connection device, wherein the lead-out portion is provided at a peripheral portion of the lid and / or a peripheral portion of the opening. An electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein
The lead-out unit is configured by a lid-side lead-out unit provided in the lid, and an opening-side lead-out unit provided in the opening.
The electric cable connection device, wherein the lid-side lead-out portion and the opening-side lead-out portion face each other when the opening is closed by the lid. An electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein
The electric cable connection device, 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 electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein
The lid includes an engagement portion detachably engaged with an edge of the opening provided on one edge of the lid, and one edge of the lid. the said fixing portion provided on the other edge portion side with respect to the side, the electrical cable connecting apparatus characterized by being configured to freely attached to the opening. The electric cable connection device according to claim 6,
The electric cable connection device, wherein the mounting member is mounted closer to the fixing portion than the engaging portion when the opening is closed by the lid. An electric cable connection device according to claim 6 or claim 7,
The electric cable connection device, wherein the attachment member is attached between the engagement portion and the fixing portion on a back surface of the lid. An electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein
The electric cable connection device, wherein the fixing portion has a structure that fixes both sides while straddling the electric cable. An electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein
The electric cable connection device, wherein the lid is fixed such that the fixing portion is opposed to a fixing hole formed in a frame in the opening. An electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein
An electric cable connection device, wherein a positioning portion that determines a wiring position of the electric cable is provided between the lead-out portion of the lid and the attachment member. An electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein:
The electric cable connecting device, wherein the attaching member is a resin band attached to the electric cable. An electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein:
An electric cable connection device, wherein a plurality of cable-side connectors and a ground terminal are provided at a tip of the electric cable. An electrical cable connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein:
The electric cable connecting device, wherein the electric cable is led out from one side of the lid in a width direction of the first device. An image forming apparatus comprising the electric cable connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
One of the first device and the second device is an image forming apparatus main body including at least an image forming unit and a scanner unit, and the other is an automatic document feeder. .

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