Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYOHEI TOMIKAWA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet includes an apparatus body, a drawer unit configured to be pulled out from the apparatus body, a cover provided to be openable and closable on the apparatus body, the cover being movable to a closed position where the cover covers the drawer unit attached to the apparatus body and an open position where the drawer unit is exposed so as to be pulled out from the apparatus body, a restricting portion configured to transit to a restricted state in which the drawer unit is restricted from being pulled out from the apparatus body and an allowable state in which the drawer unit is allowed to be pulled out from the apparatus body, and a display portion provided in the drawer unit and configured to display a state of the restricting portion.
Claims19
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a drawer unit configured to be pulled out from the apparatus body;
- a cover provided to be openable and closable on the apparatus body, the cover being movable to a closed position where the cover covers the drawer unit attached to the apparatus body and an open position where the drawer unit is exposed so as to be pulled out from the apparatus body;
- a restricting portion configured to transit to a restricted state in which the drawer unit is restricted from being pulled out from the apparatus body and an allowable state in which the drawer unit is allowed to be pulled out from the apparatus body;
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- a display portion provided in the drawer unit and configured to display the restricted state or the allowable state of the restricting portion,
- wherein the display portion is exposed outside of the image forming apparatus when the cover is in the open position, and the display portion is covered by the cover when the cover is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.