Automatic mounting apparatus and image forming apparatus including same
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsYoung Goo Kang, Ji Hoon Woo, Jin Soo Lee
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a housing, a cassette insertable into the housing to store printing sheets; an automatic mounting apparatus provided between the housing and the cassette and to allow the cassette to be mounted thereon, where the automatic mounting apparatus comprises an engaging portion configured to protrude on a side surface of the cassette, a rail portion provided in the housing, and a locking device provided at the rear side of the rail portion to interfere with the engaging portion.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a cassette insertable into the housing, the cassette including an idle roller provided on a side surface of the cassette and an engaging portion protruding from a side surface of the cassette and positioned ahead of the idle roller toward a rear side of the cassette;
- a rail portion provided in the housing;
- and
- a locking device, provided on a rear side of the rail portion, to interfere with the engaging portion,
- wherein a rear end portion of the rail portion is bent downward, and
- wherein the idle roller is to slide on the rear end portion of the rail portion to accelerate toward the locking device.
An automatic mounting apparatus comprising:
- an idle roller to couple to a side surface of a cassette;
- an engaging portion to protrude from the side surface of the cassette and to be positioned ahead of the idle roller toward a rear side of the cassette;
- a rail portion to couple to a side surface of a housing;
- and
- a locking device, provided on a rear side of the rail portion, to interfere with the engaging portion,
- wherein a rear end portion of the rail portion is bent downward, and
- wherein the idle roller is to slide on the rear end portion of the rail portion to accelerate toward the locking device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.