Image forming apparatus having a locking member locking an image forming unit attached thereto
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshimasu Yamaguchi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit which has an image bearing member and which is detachably attachable to the image forming apparatus, a guide section for guiding an insertion operation of the image forming unit, a movable locking member for locking the attached image forming unit from moving along a guide direction, a moving member which moves when the moving member comes into contact with the image forming unit which is guided and inserted by the guide section, and a locking member moving portion which starts moving the locking member when a moving amount of the moving member becomes great.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit which has an image bearing member and which is detachably attachable to the image forming apparatus;
- a guide section that guides an insertion operation of the image forming unit;
- a movable locking member that locks the attached image forming unit;
- a moving member which starts to move when the moving member comes into contact with the image forming unit which is inserted along the guide section;
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- a locking member moving mechanism which does not move the movable locking member until the moving member moves by a predetermined distance, and starts to move the movable locking member after the moving member moves by the predetermined distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.