Image forming apparatus that controls regulation unit
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiteru Kaida
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes a cartridge replaceable by detachably mounting to the image forming apparatus, a door that takes a closed state or an open state, a locking pin that switches a state of the regulation unit between a regulating state in which the replacement unit is prevented to be detached from the image forming apparatus and a release state in which the replacement unit is to be detachable from the image forming apparatus, and a lock control unit (a control unit) that makes a determination as to whether or not the state of the regulation unit is to be switched from the release state to the regulating state, at a predetermined timing when initial processing is completed after a power source is turned on or a state of the door becomes the closed state from the open state.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a consumable item configured to be used for forming an image on a recording material, wherein the consumable item is detachably mounted to a main body of the image forming apparatus;
- a rotator;
- a regulation unit configured to be in a regulating state in which the consumable item is prevented to be detached from the main body or in a release state in which the consumable item is to be detachable from the main body;
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- a processor configured to control an actuator for switching the regulation unit between the release state and the regulating state,
- wherein in a case where the consumable item is replaced with a new one, a rotating processing for rotating the rotator is performed, and
- wherein in a case where the rotating processing has not finished, the processor is configured to control the actuator so that the regulation unit stays in the release state, and the processor is configured to control the actuator so that the regulation unit is switched to the regulating state after the rotating processing has finished.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.