Image forming apparatus
AssigneeHP Printing Korea Co., Ltd.
InventorsMyung Sik Kwon, Leonid Chechurin, Jung Hyeon Kim, Yury Telegin, Dong Ho Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus having a structure improved such that a user easily opens and closes a printing media cassette. The image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a printing media cassette to receive printing media, the printing media cassette being movably coupled to the apparatus body, and at least one lever movably disposed in the apparatus body, the lever contacting the printing media cassette to pull the printing media cassette into the apparatus body and then being separated from the printing media cassette when the printing media cassette is closed.
Claims27
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a printing media cassette to receive printing media, the printing media cassette movably coupled to the apparatus body;
- and
- a lever movably disposed in the apparatus body, the lever to contact the printing media cassette to pull the printing media cassette into the apparatus body and to separate from the printing media cassette when the printing media cassette is fully closed.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a printing media cassette to receive printing media, the printing media cassette movably coupled to the apparatus body;
- and
- a lever slidably disposed along a movement path provided in the apparatus body, wherein
- when the printing media cassette is opened, the printing media cassette moves to separate from the lever and to contact the lever to push the lever along the movement path.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a printing media cassette to receive printing media, the printing media cassette movably coupled to the apparatus body;
- and
- an opening and closing device pulling the printing media cassette into the apparatus body when the printing media cassette is fully closed, wherein
- the opening and closing device comprises:
- a first catching part and a second catching part provided at the printing media cassette, the first catching part and the second catching part being spaced apart from each other;
- and
- a lever slidably disposed along a movement path provided in the apparatus body, the lever to contact one of the first and second catching parts when the printing media cassette is opened and to contact the other of the first and second catching parts when the printing media cassette is fully closed.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a printing media cassette to receive printing media, the printing media cassette movably coupled to the apparatus body;
- a first lever provided at the printing media cassette;
- a second lever provided in the apparatus body;
- and
- at least one elastic member provided in the apparatus body to elastically bias the second lever, wherein
- when the printing media cassette is fully closed, the second lever pushes the first lever while sliding due to elastic force of the elastic member to pull the printing media cassette into the apparatus body and is then disposed such that the second lever does not interfere with the first lever, and
- when the printing media cassette is opened, the first lever moves through a predetermined initial section without interference with the second lever, pushes the second lever to slide the second lever, and is then separated from the second lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.