JP2008164999A - Electric appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric appliance easily preventing damage to a driving part even when a counter electromotive force is generated in a motor in a state with no voltage supplied from a power source to the driving part. <P>SOLUTION: The electric appliance 101 is provided with a main body part 104, a cover member 103, an interlocking switch 105 and a diode for prevention of counter electromotive force 106. The main body part 140 is provided with a motor driving part 124 and power source wiring R1. The cover member 103 can take an open stance exposing an interior of the main body part 104 and a closed stance separating the interior of the main body part 104 from outside. The interlocking switch 105 is provided in the middle of the power source wiring R1 and is turned on when the cover member 103 is in the closed stance and turned off when the cover member 103 is in the open stance. The diode for prevention of counter electromotive force 106 is connected in parallel to the interlocking switch 105 and when the interlocking switch 105 is turned off, current is made to flow to power source wiring R1'' on the power source 121 side from power source wiring R1' of the motor driving part 124. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electrical device.

  An image forming apparatus such as a printer or a multifunction peripheral includes various units for forming an image inside a main body, and the main body is covered with a cover member. Examples of the unit include an image forming unit that performs image formation, a paper transport path that transports paper to the image forming unit, and a medium-high voltage power source that supplies power to these units.

  In such an image forming apparatus, in order to ensure the safety of the user even when the cover member is opened during the operation of forming an image, the unit is connected to the power source in conjunction with the operation of opening the cover member. Some of them are provided with an interlock switch for cutting off the power supply wiring for supplying the electric power and stopping the operation of the unit.

  However, for example, when a paper jam occurs in the registration roller on the paper conveyance path, and the cover is opened and the paper is pulled out to eliminate the paper jam, the motor for rotating the registration roller rotates. . Then, a counter electromotive force is generated in the motor, and a current due to the counter electromotive force flows in the drive unit that drives the motor, and the drive unit may be destroyed.

On the other hand, an image forming apparatus as shown in FIG. 1 is known (Patent Document 1). The image forming apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 includes a power source 2, an interlock switch 3, a drive unit 4, and a motor 5 driven by the drive unit 4. The motor 5 rotates a unit of the image forming apparatus 1 such as a registration roller. The drive unit 4 includes a CPU 11, a driver 12, switching elements Q1 to Q4, and diodes D1 to D4. In particular, the CPU 11 controls the switching elements Q1 to Q4 in the driving unit 4 to be turned off when the cover member is opened and the interlock switch 3 is turned off.
JP 2006-208502 A

  However, since CPU11 which concerns on patent document 1 performs control which turns off switching element Q1-Q4 when a cover member is opened, control will become complicated.

  In general, the switching elements Q1 to Q4 in the drive unit 4 include, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, the drive unit 4 due to the counter electromotive force generated in the motor 5 when the motor 5 stops suddenly. Diodes D1 to D4 for preventing destruction are connected in parallel. As a result, when the predetermined voltage output from the power supply 2 is supplied to the power supply wiring V1 ′ on the drive unit 4 side, the diode D1 even if the back electromotive force exceeds the withstand voltage of the drive unit 4. , D3 can clip a voltage corresponding to the back electromotive force from the motor 5 applied to the drive unit 4 with a predetermined voltage. And the electric current by a counter electromotive force flows through the diodes D1 and D3. However, when the interlock switch 3 is turned off and the power supply wiring V1 is disconnected, the predetermined voltage from the power supply 2 is not supplied to the power supply wiring V1 'on the drive unit 4 side. When a back electromotive force is generated in the motor 5 in this state, the diodes D1 to D4 cannot clip the back electromotive force with a predetermined voltage. Therefore, even if the CPU 11 turns off the switching elements Q1 to Q4, if the back electromotive force exceeds the withstand voltage of the drive unit 4, the drive unit 4 may be destroyed.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an electrical device such as an image forming apparatus that can easily prevent the destruction of the drive unit when a back electromotive force is generated in the motor in a state where a predetermined voltage from the power source is not supplied to the drive unit. The purpose is to provide equipment.

  The electric device according to the first aspect includes an electric device main body, a cover member, an interlock switch, and at least one first diode. The electric device main body includes a motor, a drive unit that drives the motor, and power supply wiring that supplies a predetermined voltage output from the power source to the drive unit. The cover member can take an open posture that exposes the inside of the electric device body and a closed posture that separates the inside of the electric device body from the outside. The interlock switch is provided in the middle of the power supply wiring. When the cover member is in the closed position, the connection between the power source and the drive unit is turned on, and when the cover member is in the open position, the power source and the drive unit are connected. Turn off the connection. The first diode is connected in parallel to the interlock switch. When the connection between the power source and the drive unit is off, the current of the first diode is such that current flows from the drive unit side power supply line to the power source side power supply line. Regulate the direction of flow.

  According to this electrical device, when the cover member is open, the interlock switch is turned off. At this time, if the user unexpectedly rotates the motor or drives the motor, a counter electromotive force is generated in the motor, and the drive unit is in a direction opposite to the current that flows normally (on the power supply wiring side). Although current flows, this current flows into the power supply through the first diode connected in parallel to the interlock switch in the OFF state. Thus, even when the interlock switch is off, the power supply wiring on the drive unit side is connected to the power supply via the first diode, so the voltage at the output terminal connecting the drive unit and the motor is And clipped to a value close to a predetermined voltage from the power source. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the drive unit from being destroyed due to the current caused by the counter electromotive force flowing in at a voltage higher than the breakdown voltage of the drive unit.

  The electric device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the electric device according to the first aspect, wherein the drive unit includes a switching element and a second diode. The switching element is turned on or off to generate a drive signal for driving the motor. The second diode is connected in parallel to the switching element.

  Thereby, for example, when a back electromotive force is generated in the motor with the interlock switch turned off, the current due to the back electromotive force flows through the second diode without flowing through the switching element in the driving unit, and passes through the second diode. Flows to the power supply wiring side. Therefore, even when a counter electromotive force is generated in the motor, it is possible to prevent the switching element in the drive unit from being destroyed.

  In particular, the current caused by the back electromotive force flows through the first diode after flowing through the second diode. Thereby, the upper limit value of the voltage clipped at the output terminal connecting the drive unit and the motor is increased as compared with the case where there is one diode, so that the withstand voltage of the drive means is improved. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the drive unit from being destroyed by the current generated by the counter electromotive force.

  According to the electric device of the present invention, even if a counter electromotive force is generated in the motor in a state where a predetermined voltage from the power source is not supplied to the drive unit, it is possible to easily prevent the drive unit from being destroyed.

(1) Configuration FIG. 2 is an external view of an image forming apparatus 101 in which the electrical apparatus according to the present embodiment is employed. The image forming apparatus 101 is a multifunction machine model having functions as a copying machine, a printer, a facsimile machine, and a scanner. 2 and 4, the image forming apparatus 101 includes a document cover 102, a cover member 103, a main body 104, an interlock switch 105, a back electromotive force prevention diode 106 (corresponding to a first diode), and paper feeding. A cassette 107 is included.

[Original cover]
The document cover 102 is for pressing a document placed on a document placement table (not shown) provided in a portion of the main body 104 facing the document cover 102 and can be opened and closed with respect to the document placement table. Is attached to the main body 104.

[Cover member]
The cover member 103 is attached to the front portion of the main body portion 104 so as to be rotatable about the end portion 103 a of the cover member 103 with respect to the main body portion 104, and has an open posture that exposes the inside of the main body portion 104. A closed posture in which the inside of the main body 104 is separated from the outside can be adopted.

  Further, the cover member 103 is provided with a protruding member 105a. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the protruding member 105 a protrudes toward the inside of the main body 104 with respect to the cover member 103, and when the cover member 103 takes a closed posture, The cover member 103 is provided so as to correspond to the position.

[Main body]
As shown in FIG. 2, the main body unit 104 includes a photosensitive drum 111, a paper conveyance path 112, a registration roller 113, a transfer belt 114, a fixing device 115, and the like. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum 111 based on the image data. The paper transport path 112 transports the paper in the paper feed cassette 107 to the registration rollers 113. The registration roller 113 controls the timing at which the sheet sent from the sheet conveyance path 112 is sent to the transfer belt 114. The transfer belt 114 transfers the image onto the sheet sent from the sheet conveyance path 112. The fixing device 115 fixes the image transferred on the paper.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the main body 104 according to the present embodiment includes a 24 V power supply 121, a 5 V power supply 122, power supply wirings R 1 and R 2, GND wirings G 1 and G 2, a CPU 123, a motor driving unit 124, and a motor 125. .

  The 24V power supply 121 and the 5V power supply 122 generate a DC voltage of 24V and 5V, for example, using an AC voltage supplied from a commercial power supply outside the image forming apparatus 101, for example.

  The power supply wiring R <b> 1 connects the 24V power supply 121 and the motor drive unit 124, and supplies the 24V DC voltage output from the 24V power supply 121 to the motor drive unit 124. Further, the power supply wiring R1 is branched in the middle, and supplies a DC voltage of 24V to other loads. Here, examples of other loads include a drive unit (not shown) for driving a motor (not shown) as a drive source of the photosensitive drum 111. The power supply wiring R <b> 2 connects the 5V power supply 122 and the CPU 123, and supplies the CPU123 with a DC voltage of 5V output from the 5V power supply 122.

  The GND wiring G1 is a GND wiring for a DC voltage of 24V, and extends from the 24V power supply 121 toward the motor drive unit 124 and other loads. The GND wiring G2 is a GND wiring for a DC voltage of 5V and extends from the 5V power supply 122 toward the CPU 123.

  The CPU 123 controls each unit of the image forming apparatus 101 such as the transfer belt 114 and the fixing device 115 when a DC voltage of 5 V is supplied via the power supply line R2.

  The motor driving unit 124 drives the motor 125 when a DC voltage of 24 V is supplied via the power supply wiring R1. As shown in FIG. 5, the motor drive unit 124 includes a CPU 124a, a driver 124b, and an output circuit 124c.

  The CPU 124a controls the driver 124b. More specifically, the CPU 124a determines drive signals SU and SV for driving the motor 125, and outputs instructions for generating the drive signals SU and SV to the driver 124b.

  The driver 124b receives gate signals Gu, Gx, and G for turning on and off bipolar transistors Q101 to Q104 (described later) in the output circuit 124c so that the drive signals SU and SV determined by the CPU 124a are output from the output circuit 124c. Gv and Gy are generated and output to the output circuit 124c.

  The output circuit 124c includes bipolar transistors Q101 to Q104 (corresponding to switching elements; hereinafter simply referred to as transistors), and flywheel diodes D101 to D104 (corresponding to second diodes) connected in parallel to the transistors Q101 to Q104. including. The transistors Q101 and Q102, Q103 and Q104 are connected in series between the power supply line R1 and the GND line G1, respectively. Flywheel diodes D101 and D103 are connected to short-circuit transistors Q101 and Q103, respectively, and flywheel diodes D102 and D104 are connected to short-circuit transistors Q102 and Q104, respectively. More specifically, the flywheel diodes D101 and D103 are connected so that the power supply wiring R1 'side becomes a cathode, and the flywheel diodes D102 and D104 are connected so that the GND wiring G1 side becomes an anode. In the output circuit 124c having such a configuration, the gate signals Gu, Gx, Gv, and Gy output from the driver 124b are applied to the gate terminals of the transistors Q101 to Q104, so that the transistors Q101 to Q104 are turned on and off. The drive signals SU and SV are generated. The generated drive signals SU and SV are output to the motor 125 via the output terminals NU and NV of the motor drive unit 124.

  The motor 125 is a rotational drive source of the registration roller 113 and rotates based on drive signals SU and SV output from the motor drive unit 124. Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the motor 125 is a two-phase motor having a drive coil (not shown). Examples of the motor 125 include a brushless motor, a sensorless motor, and a direct current motor.

(Interlock switch)
As shown in FIG. 4, the interlock switch 105 is provided in the middle of the power supply wiring R <b> 1, and connects and disconnects the 24 V power supply 121 and the motor driving unit 124 according to the posture that the cover member 103 can take.

  Examples of the type of the interlock switch 105 include an electromagnetic lock type constituted by an actuator and a solenoid, a magnet type which is turned on when a magnetic field of a magnet is detected by a sensor, and a push type which is turned on when pressed directly. However, in this embodiment, a case where a push-down interlock switch is used is taken as an example.

  That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, when the cover member 103 is changed from the open state to the closed state, the protruding member 105 a of the cover member 103 presses the interlock switch 105. As a result, the pressed interlock switch 105 is turned on to connect the 24V power source 121 and the motor drive unit 124, so that a 24V DC voltage output from the 24V power source 121 is supplied to the motor drive unit 124. On the contrary, when the cover member 103 is changed from the closed state to the opened state, the protruding portion 105a of the cover member 103 is separated from the interlock switch 105, and the interlock switch 105 is turned off. Then, the connection between the 24V power source 121 and the motor driving unit 124 is disconnected.

[Back electromotive force prevention diode]
As shown in FIG. 4, the back electromotive force prevention diode 106 is connected in parallel to the interlock switch 105. When the connection between the 24V power source 121 and the motor driving unit 124 is off, the motor driving unit 124 side is connected. The direction of current flow is regulated so that current flows from the power supply line R1 ′ to the power supply line R1 ″ on the 24V power supply 121 side.

  More specifically, the anode of the back electromotive force prevention diode 106 is connected to the power supply line R1 'on the motor drive unit 124 side, and the cathode is connected to the power supply line R1 "on the 24V power supply 121 side. Therefore, a counter electromotive force is generated in a drive coil (not shown) of the motor 125, and a current that flows from the output terminals NU and NV of the motor drive unit 124 to the power supply wiring R1 ′ through the motor drive unit 124 due to the counter electromotive force. Flows into the 24V power supply 121 via the back electromotive force prevention diode 106 and the power supply wiring R1 ″ on the 24V power supply 121 side.

[Paper cassette]
The paper feed cassette 107 can store paper, and is provided in two stages below the main body 104 as shown in FIG.

(2) Operation Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 are diagrams for explaining the state of the interlock switch 105 and the direction in which the current flows when the cover member 103 takes each posture. 6 and 7, in the image forming apparatus 101, the main body 104, the cover member 103, the interlock switch 105, the back electromotive force prevention diode 106, the 24V power source 121, the output circuit 124c of the motor driving unit 124, the motor 125, and Various wirings R1 and G1 are extracted and shown.

  First, as shown in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the cover member 103 is in a closed state, that is, a closed posture. In this case, the interlock switch 105 is pressed down by the protruding member 105a of the cover member 103, and connects the power supply wiring R1 'on the motor drive unit 124 side and the power supply wiring R1 "on the 24V power supply 121 side. As a result, a 24V DC voltage output from the 24V power supply 121 is supplied to the motor drive unit 124. When the motor 125 rotates in this state, the current is output from the 24V power supply 121 through the power supply wiring R1 ″ on the 24V power supply 121 side, the interlock switch 105, and the power supply wiring R1 ′ on the motor drive section 124 side. It flows to the circuit 124c. Next, this current flows to GND through the upper transistor Q101 in the output circuit 124c, the motor 125, the lower transistor Q104 in the output circuit 124c, and the GND wiring G1 (arrow A in FIG. 6). Here, FIG. 6 shows a case where the transistors Q101 and Q104 are on and the transistors Q102 and Q103 are off.

  In addition, when the cover member 103 is closed and a DC voltage of 24 V is supplied to the power supply wiring R1 ′ of the motor drive unit 124, for example, a load is applied to the motor 125 and a drive coil (not shown) in the motor 125 is provided. Suppose that a back electromotive force is generated. In this case, the generated back electromotive force is applied to the output terminals NU and NV of the motor drive unit 124. However, since a DC voltage of 24V is supplied to the power supply wiring R1 ′ on the motor drive unit 124 side, the motor drive The voltage applied to the output terminals NU and NV of the unit 124 is clipped to a value close to the voltage output from the 24V power source 121 by the upper flywheel diodes D101 and D103 in the output circuit 124c. More specifically, the voltage applied to the output terminals NU and NV is obtained by adding a DC voltage of 24 V to a value according to the diode characteristics of the flywheel diodes D101 and D103 (approximately 24 V when the diode is approximated by 0.7 V). .7V). The current flowing into the output circuit 124c of the motor driving unit 124 via the output terminals NU and NV of the motor driving unit 124 due to the counter electromotive force flows through the flywheel diodes D101 and D103 without flowing through the transistors Q101 to Q104. Then, it flows into the 24V power source 121 via the interlock switch 105.

  Next, a case where a paper jam occurs when the image forming apparatus 101 performs a printing operation and the registration roller 113 sandwiches the paper fed from the paper feeding cassette 107 will be described. It is assumed that the user using the image forming apparatus 101 first opens the cover member 103 in order to eliminate the paper jam.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the cover member 103 is in an open state, that is, in an open posture, the protruding member 105 a of the cover member 103 is separated from the interlock switch 105. Then, the interlock switch 105 is turned off. In this case, the power supply wiring R1 ″ on the 24V power supply 121 side and the power supply wiring R1 ′ on the motor drive unit 124 side are disconnected by the interlock switch 105, but the current is supplied to the power supply wiring R1 ′ of the motor drive unit 124. From the side, the path through which the 24V power source 121 can be energized through the back electromotive force prevention diode 106 remains. In this embodiment, when the cover member 103 is opened, the driver 124b in the motor driving unit 124 stops the output of the gate signals Gu, Gx, Gv, Gy. That is, when the cover member 103 is opened, the gate signals Gu, Gx, Gv, and Gy are not applied to the transistors Q101 to Q104 in the output circuit 124c in the motor driving unit 124.

  Next, it is assumed that the user pulls out the jammed paper in order to remove the jammed paper at the position of the registration roller 113.

  When the sheet jammed at the registration roller 113 is pulled out by the user, a load is applied to the registration roller 113 and the registration roller 113 rotates. Then, the motor 125 that is a rotational drive source of the registration roller 113 also rotates, and a back electromotive force is generated in a drive coil (not shown) in the motor 125. The counter electromotive force is applied to the output terminals NU and NV of the motor drive unit 124. The output terminals NU and NV of the motor drive unit 124 are connected to the power supply wiring R1 ′ via the flywheel diodes D101 and D103. Since the power supply wiring R1 ′ on the motor drive unit 124 side is connected to the power supply wiring R1 ″ on the 24V power supply 121 side via the back electromotive force prevention diode 106, it is applied to the output terminals NU and NV of the motor drive unit 124. The clipped voltage is clipped to a value close to the voltage output from the 24V power supply 121. More specifically, the voltage applied to the output terminals NU and NV is a DC voltage of 24 V plus a value depending on the diode characteristics of the back electromotive force prevention diode 106 and the flywheel diodes D101 and D103 (the diode is 0 When approximating 0.7V, it is clipped to about 25.4V). The current due to the back electromotive force does not flow through the transistors Q101 to Q104, but the output terminals NU and NV of the motor driving unit 124, the flywheel diodes D101 and D103 on the upper side in the output circuit 124c, the power supply wiring R1 ′, the back electromotive force It flows to the 24V power supply 121 through the power prevention diode 106 and the power supply wiring R1 ″ on the 24V power supply 121 side (arrow B in FIG. 7). As a result, the phenomenon in which the transistors Q101 to Q104 are destroyed due to the occurrence of a back electromotive force exceeding the breakdown voltage of the transistors Q101 to Q104 is suppressed.

  Further, since the power supply wiring R1 ′ on the motor drive unit 124 side is connected to the 24V power supply 121 through the back electromotive force prevention diode 106, the voltage applied to the power supply wiring R1 ′ is prevented from being a 24V DC voltage. It is clipped to a value obtained by adding a value according to the diode characteristic of the diode 106 (approx. 24.7 V when the diode is approximated to 0.7 V). Therefore, the phenomenon that the voltage supplied to the motor drive unit 124 through the power supply line R1 'rises due to the back electromotive force is less likely to occur.

(3) Effect According to the image forming apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment, when the cover member 103 is open, the interlock switch 105 is turned off. At this time, if the user unexpectedly rotates and drives the motor 125, for example, by removing the paper jammed in the registration roller 113, a back electromotive force is generated in the motor 125, and the current that normally flows in the motor drive unit 124 is generated. Current flows in the opposite direction (that is, the power supply wiring R1 ′ side). However, this current flows through the back electromotive force prevention diode 106 connected in parallel to the interlock switch 105 in the OFF state, and flows into the 24V power supply 121. Thus, even when the interlock switch 105 is in the OFF state, the power supply wiring R1 ′ on the motor drive unit 124 side is connected to the 24V power supply 121 via the back electromotive force prevention diode 106, so that the motor drive unit The voltage applied to the output terminals NU and NV of 124 is clipped to a value close to the voltage output from the 24V power supply 121. The current due to the back electromotive force does not flow through the transistors Q101 to Q104 in the output circuit 124c in the motor drive unit 124, but the output terminals NU and NV, the flywheel diodes D101 and D103 on the upper side in the output circuit 124c, the power supply wiring It flows into the 24V power supply 121 through R1 ′ and the back electromotive force prevention diode 106. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the current due to the counter electromotive force from flowing beyond the withstand voltage of the motor driving unit 124 and destroying the transistors Q101 to Q104 in the motor driving unit 124 in particular.

  Further, since the power supply line R1 ′ on the motor drive unit 124 side is connected to the 24V power supply 121 through the back electromotive force prevention diode 106, the voltage supplied to the motor drive unit 124 through the power supply line R1 ′ is influenced by the back electromotive force. The phenomenon that rises in response to this is less likely to occur.

  In particular, motor drive unit 124 includes transistors Q101 to Q104 that are turned on or off to generate drive signals SU and SV, and flywheel diodes D101 to D104 connected in parallel to transistors Q101 to Q104. Therefore, the current caused by the counter electromotive force passes through the flywheel diodes D101 and D103 and then passes through the counter electromotive force prevention diode 106. As a result, the upper limit value of the voltage clipped at the output terminals NU and NV is increased as compared with the case where there is one diode, so that the pressure resistance of the motor drive unit 124 is improved. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the motor driving unit 124 from being destroyed by the current generated by the counter electromotive force.

<Other embodiments>
(A) In the above embodiment, the case where one back electromotive force prevention diode 106 is provided has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, two or three back electromotive force prevention diodes may be provided. FIG. 8 shows an internal configuration of the main body 204 of the image forming apparatus when two back electromotive force prevention diodes are provided. As shown in FIG. 8, when a plurality of back electromotive force prevention diodes 206a and 206b are provided, one of the back electromotive force prevention diodes (for example, the back electromotive force prevention diode 206a) is damaged. If the other back electromotive force prevention diode (for example, the back electromotive force prevention diode 206b) is not damaged and has a diode characteristic, the voltage applied to the output terminal of the motor driving unit 224 is Clipping to a value close to the voltage output from the 24V power supply 221 is possible. Therefore, the more the back electromotive force prevention diodes are provided, the higher the safety as compared with the case where one back electromotive force prevention diode is provided.

  Of the configuration of the main body 204 in FIG. 8, other configurations other than the back electromotive force prevention diodes 206a and 206b, the motor drive unit 224, and the power supply wiring R11 ′ on the motor drive unit 24 side are described in the above embodiment. The 24V power supply 121, 5V power supply 122, CPU 123, motor 125, registration roller 113, interlock switch 105, power supply wiring R1, R2, R1 ″ and GND wiring G1, G2 according to FIG. Since the configuration is the same as that in FIG.

  (B) In the above embodiment, when the cover member 103 is opened, the driver 124b in the motor driving unit 124 outputs the gate signals Gu, Gx, Gv, and Gy to the transistors Q101 to Q104 in the output circuit 124c. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The driver 124b may output gate signals Gu, Gx, Gv, Gy for turning off the transistors Q101 to Q104.

  (C) Although the case where the switching element included in the motor driving unit 124 is a bipolar transistor has been described as an example in the above embodiment, the switching element may be other than the bipolar transistor. Other types include MOS transistors and insulated gate bipolar transistors.

  (D) In the above embodiment, the cover member 103 in the front portion of the main body 104 of the image forming apparatus 101 has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can be applied to a cover member at the side portion of the main body portion 104.

  The electrical apparatus of the present invention can be applied to finishers and the like in addition to various types of copiers, printers, and facsimile machines, and multifunctional image forming apparatuses that have a scanner function in addition to these functions. That is, the electrical device of the present invention can be applied to any device provided with a cover member that covers the inside of the main body and provided with an interlock switch in order to ensure the safety of the user. .

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional image forming apparatus. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an appearance and an internal configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a top view of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment. The motor drive part inside a main-body part which concerns on this embodiment, a power supply, and the connection diagram of a motor. The figure which showed the inside of the motor drive part which concerns on this embodiment in detail. The figure which showed the path | route of the electric current supplied with a motor when the cover member which concerns on this embodiment was closed. The figure which showed the path | route of the electric current which flows through the inside of a motor drive part by the counter electromotive force which a motor produced when the cover member which concerns on this embodiment opened. FIG. 6 is a connection diagram of a motor driving unit, a power source, and a motor inside a main body of an image forming apparatus according to another embodiment (a).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Image forming apparatus 103 Cover member 104 Main-body part 105 Interlock switch 106 Back electromotive force prevention diode 113 Registration roller 124 Motor drive part 124a CPU
124b Driver 124c Output circuit 125 Motor R1 Power supply wiring Q101 to Q104 Bipolar transistors D101 to D104 Flywheel diode

Claims (2)

An electric device main body having a motor, a drive unit that drives the motor, and a power supply wiring that supplies a predetermined voltage output from a power source to the drive unit;
A cover member capable of adopting an open posture for exposing the inside of the electric device main body and a closed posture for separating the inside of the electric device main body from the outside;
Provided in the middle of the power supply wiring, when the cover member takes a closed position, the power source and the drive unit are turned on, and when the cover member takes an open position, the power source and the drive Interlock switch to turn off the connection of the part,
The current is connected to the interlock switch in parallel so that when the connection between the power source and the driving unit is off, the current flows from the power source wiring on the driving unit side to the power source wiring on the power source side. At least one first diode regulating the flow direction of
Electrical equipment comprising.   The electric device according to claim 1, wherein the driving unit includes a switching element that generates a driving signal for driving the motor by turning on or off, and a second diode connected in parallel to the switching element. .

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