Connection mechanism, and paper feeding unit and image forming apparatus equipped with connection mechanism
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorsSeiichi SHIRASAKI, Masahiko MIYAZAKI
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Abstract
A connection mechanism connecting a sheet feeding unit, supplying a paper to an image forming apparatus, with the image forming apparatus or other sheet feeding unit, the connection mechanism comprising: a connection member disposed on a frame of the sheet feeding unit and rotatably supported on the frame; and an engaging member disposed on the image forming apparatus or the frame of the other sheet feeding unit, wherein: the connection member is rotated between an engaging position where the connection member engages with the engagement member and a retracting position where the connection member disengages with the engaging member and retracts from the engaging position.
Claims11
A connection mechanism connecting a sheet feeding unit, supplying a paper to an image forming apparatus, with the image forming apparatus or other sheet feeding unit, the connection mechanism comprising:
- a connection member disposed on a frame of the sheet feeding unit and rotatably supported on the frame;
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- an engaging member disposed on the image forming apparatus or the frame of the other sheet feeding unit, wherein:
- the connection member is rotated between an engaging position where the connection member engages with the engagement member and a retracting position where the connection member disengages with the engaging member and retracts from the engaging position.
A sheet feeding unit supplying a paper in an image forming apparatus, the sheet feeding unit having a connection mechanism connecting the sheet feeding unit with the image forming apparatus or other sheet feeding unit, the sheet feeding unit comprising:
- a frame;
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- a connection mechanism including a connection member and an engaging member, the connection member disposed and rotatably supported on the frame, the engaging member disposed on the image forming apparatus or the frame of the other sheet feeding unit, wherein:
- the connection member is rotated between an engaging position where the connection member engages with the engagement member and a retracting position where the connection member disengages with the engaging member and retracts from the engaging position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.