Detachable body and image forming apparatus

A detachable body comprising:

• a detachable body main unit that is attached and detached by being inserted and extracted between an attached position where the detachable body main unit is attached to an attached/detached portion connected to an opening that is formed in an outer face of an image forming apparatus main unit, and that is formed inside the image forming apparatus main unit, and a separated position where the detachable body main unit is drawn out from the attached/detached portion to an outside of the image forming apparatus main unit;
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• a restricting portion that is disposed downstream in a detachable body main unit drawing direction that is directed from the attached position of the detachable body main unit to the separated position, and that is contactable with the restricted portion,
• wherein, in a case an opening/closing member which is rotatably supported by a support shaft of the opening/closing member, and in which the restricted portion is disposed in a face on a side of the image forming apparatus main unit is rotationally moved from an opened position where the opening is exposed to an outside to a normal position where the opening is closed from the outside, when the detachable body main unit is at a restriction position which is between the attached position and the separated position, the restricting portion is contacted with the restricted portion, thereby restricting rotational movement of the opening/closing member to the normal position, and, when the detachable body main unit is at the attached position, the restricting portion and the restricted portion which is being rotated are separated from each other to enable the opening/closing member to be rotationally moved to the normal position, and, in a case where the opening/closing member is moved to the normal position, the restricted portion is housed in a space between the detachable body main unit and the opening/closing member.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an opening that is formed in an outer face of an image forming apparatus main unit;
• an attached/detached portion that is formed inside the image forming apparatus main unit, and that is connected to the opening;
• a detachable body main unit that is attached and detached by being inserted and extracted between an attached position where the unit is attached to the attached/detached portion and a separated position where the unit is drawn out from the attached/detached portion to an outside of the image forming apparatus main unit;
• a locking member that is supported by the image forming apparatus main unit to be movable between a locked position where the locking member is contacted with the detachable body main unit to restrict movement of the detachable body main unit in a detachable body main unit drawing direction that is directed from the attached position to the separated position and a canceled position where the locking member is moved from the locked position in a direction of separating from the detachable body main unit, so as to enable the detachable body main unit to be moved in the detachable body main unit drawing direction;
• a gripping portion in which a basal end portion is rotatably supported by a downstream portion of the detachable body main unit in the detachable body main unit drawing direction, and which is rotatable between a waiting position that is along a detachable body main unit downstream end face that is an outer face of the detachable body main unit and on a downstream side in the detachable body main unit drawing direction, and a drawn position that is rotated with respect to the detachable body main unit downstream end face;
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• a cancelling portion which is disposed in the gripping portion, which, in conjunction with movement of the gripping portion between the drawn position and the waiting position, is moved between a contacted position where the cancelling portion is contacted with the locking member, and a separated position which is separated from the locking member with respect to the contacted position, and which, in a case where, in a state where the detachable body main unit is held to the attached position and the locking member is held to the locked position, the gripping portion is moved from the waiting position to the drawn position, is contacted with the locking member to cause the locking member to be moved toward the canceled position in accordance with movement of the gripping portion to the drawn position.

A detachable body comprising:

• a detachable body main unit that is formed inside an image forming apparatus main unit, and that is attached and detached by being inserted and extracted between an attached position where the detachable body main unit is attached to an attached/detached portion connected to an opening that is formed in an outer face of the image forming apparatus main unit, and a separated position where the detachable body main unit is drawn out from the attached/detached portion to an outside of the image forming apparatus main unit;
• a gripping portion in which a basal end portion is rotatably supported by a downstream portion of the detachable body main unit in a detachable body main unit drawing direction, and which is rotatable between a waiting position that is along a detachable body main unit downstream end face that is an outer face of the detachable body main unit and on a downstream side in the detachable body main unit drawing direction, and a drawn position which is rotated with respect to the detachable body main unit downstream end face;
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• a cancelling portion which, with respect to a locking member that is supported by the image forming apparatus main unit to be movable between a locked position where the locking member is contacted with the detachable body main unit at the attached position to restrict movement of the detachable body main unit in the detachable body main unit drawing direction that is directed from the attached position to the separated position, and a canceled position where the locking member is moved in a direction separating from the detachable body main unit with respect to the locked position to enable movement of the detachable body main unit to the separated position, is moved between a contacted position where the cancelling portion is contacted with the locking member, and a separated position that is separated from the locking member with respect to the contacted position, which is disposed in the gripping portion, and which, in a case where, in conjunction with movement of the gripping portion between the drawn position and the waiting position, in a state where the detachable body main unit is held to the attached position and the locking member is held to the locked position, the gripping portion is moved from the waiting position toward the drawn position, is contacted with the locking member to cause the locking member to be moved toward the canceled position in accordance with movement of the gripping portion to the drawn position.