Image forming apparatus and detachable part
AssigneeOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorJunichi Ushikubo
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a main body to which a detachable part is attachable, the main body having an opening; a cover that opens and closes the opening of the main body; and an insertion member that, when the detachable part is not attached to the main body, is in an inserted position where the insertion member is inserted between the main body and the cover and prevents closing of the cover, and when the detachable part is attached to the main body, is in a retreat position where the insertion member is not inserted between the main body and the cover and allows closing of the cover.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body to which a detachable part is attachable, the main body having an opening;
- a cover that opens and closes the opening of the main body;
- and
- an insertion member that, when the detachable part is not attached to the main body, is in an inserted position where the insertion member is inserted between the main body and the cover and prevents closing of the cover, and when the detachable part is attached to the main body, is in a retreat position where the insertion member is not inserted between the main body and the cover and allows closing of the cover, wherein
- the insertion member includes a main body side surface and a cover side surface,
- the cover includes a first abutment portion that comes into contact with the cover side surface of the insertion member,
- the main body includes a second abutment portion that faces the first abutment portion of the cover when the opening is closed by the cover, and
- when the detachable part is not attached to the main body, the insertion member is sandwiched between the main body and the cover in such a manner that the main body side surface of the insertion member abuts on the second abutment portion of the main body.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body to which a detachable part is attachable, the main body having an opening;
- a cover that opens and closes the opening of the main body;
- and
- an insertion member that, when the detachable part is not attached to the main body, is in an inserted position where the insertion member is inserted between the main body and the cover and prevents closing of the cover, and when the detachable part is attached to the main body, is in a retreat position where the insertion member is not inserted between the main body and the cover and allows closing of the cover, wherein
- the detachable part is attached to and detached from the main body by being slid in predetermined attaching and detaching directions relative to the main body, and
- the insertion member moves to the inserted position and the retreat position by being slid substantially parallel to the attaching and detaching directions relative to the main body.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body to which a detachable part is attachable, the main body having an opening;
- a cover that opens and closes the opening of the main body;
- and
- an insertion member that, when the detachable part is not attached to the main body, is in an inserted position where the insertion member is inserted between the main body and the cover and prevents closing of the cover, and when the detachable part is attached to the main body, is in a retreat position where the insertion member is not inserted between the main body and the cover and allows closing of the cover, wherein
- the opening includes a main opening and a sub opening;
- the cover includes:
- a main cover that opens and closes the main opening, the main cover closing the main opening without closing the sub opening;
- and
- a sub cover that opens and closes the sub opening, and
- when the detachable part is not attached to the main body, the insertion member is inserted between the main body and the sub cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.