Carrier handle and image forming apparatus equipped with carrier handles
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNorio Tomita
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Abstract
The present invention provides a carrier handle 40 which can be accommodated within an apparatus body H, with its external end being exposed at an exterior surface of the apparatus body H. The handle 40 comprises a pushee 43 which comes into sliding contact with a handle pusher 53 formed in the apparatus body H. If an external force is applied to the carrier handle 40 while it is accommodated in the apparatus body H, the pushee 43 comes into sliding contact with the handle pusher 53, whereby the carrier handle 40 is allowed to project outwardly of the apparatus body H.
Claims7
A carrier handle which can be accommodated within a body of an apparatus, with an external end of the handle being exposed at an exterior surface of the apparatus body,
- the carrier handle comprising a pushee which comes into sliding contact with a handle pusher provided in the apparatus body, and
- the carrier handle being arranged to project outwardly of the apparatus body if an external force is applied to the carrier handle while it is accommodated in the apparatus body, which force allows the pushee to come into sliding contact with the handle pusher and causes the outward projection of the carrier handle from the apparatus body.
An image forming apparatus which comprises:
- an image forming part for forming an image on a supplied sheet;
- a frame for housing the image forming part;
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- a set of carrier handles each of which is attached to the frame and which can be accommodated within a body of the image forming apparatus, with an external end of each handle being exposed at an exterior surface of the image forming apparatus,
- the carrier handle being arranged to project outwardly of the apparatus body if an external force is applied to the carrier handle, which force allows a portion of the carrier handle to come into sliding contact with a portion of the apparatus body in such a manner that the direction of the external force is changed to let the carrier handle project outwardly of the apparatus body, thereby causing the outward projection of the carrier handle from the apparatus body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.