Sealing member, storage member, and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a housing member that has an image forming section forming an image and has an opening section in a given position;
• an opening and closing member that is capable of opening and closing the opening section of the housing member;
• and
• a sealing member including
• a mounting section that has a portion coming into contact with one member of the opening and closing member or the housing member,
• an extension section that extends from a side of the mounting section to a side of the other member of the opening and closing member or the housing member and is configured to approach the mounting section while coming into contact with the other member by receiving a force from the other member, and
• a recess that is provided between the mounting section and the extension section and is formed from a part of the mounting section to a part of the extension section and is recessed from a surface of the mounting section on the side of the other member and a surface of the extension section on a side of the one member,
• wherein the recess is formed such that a cross-sectional shape thereof is an arc shape, and
• a thickness of a portion where the recess is formed is thinner than a that of a portion of the extension section where the recess is not formed.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a housing member that has an image forming section forming an image;
• a drawing member that is capable of operating in a drawing direction of drawing toward an outside of the housing member and in an insertion direction of inserting inside the housing member;
• a facing member that is provided to face the drawing member;
• and
• a sealing member that seals a gap between the drawing member and the facing member,
• wherein the sealing member comprises:
• a mounting section that has a shaft section inserted to one member of the drawing member or the facing member and a portion coming into contact with the one member;
• and
• an extension section of which a rigidity is lower than that of the mounting section and that extends from the mounting section along an axial line of the shaft section in a state that the extension section is not in contact with the other member of the drawing member or the facing member, and is configured to move with respect to the other member while coming into contact with the other member to approach the mounting section with being deformed in the drawing direction or the insertion direction in accordance with a relative movement of the drawing member and the facing member.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a housing member that has an image forming section forming an image;
• a first drawing member that is capable of operating in a drawing direction of drawing toward an outside of the housing member and in an insertion direction of drawing inside the housing member;
• a second drawing member that is provided below the first drawing member and is capable of operating in the drawing direction of drawing toward the outside of the housing member and in the insertion direction of inserting inside the housing member;
• and
• a sealing member that seals a gap between the first drawing member and the second drawing member,
• wherein the sealing member comprises:
• a mounting section that has a shaft section inserted to one member of the first drawing member or the second drawing member and a portion coming into contact with the one member;
• and
• an extension section of which a rigidity is lower than that of the mounting section and that extends from the mounting section along an axial line of the shaft section in a state that the extension section is not in contact with the other member of the first drawing member or the second drawing member, and is configured to move with respect to the other member while coming into contact with the other member to approach the mounting section with being deformed in the drawing direction or the insertion direction in accordance with a relative movement of the first drawing member and the second drawing member.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a housing member that has an image forming section forming an image;
• a drawing member that is capable of operating between a drawing position at which the drawing member is drawn toward an outside of the housing member and an installation position at which the drawing member is installed in the housing member;
• a facing member that is provided to face the drawing member;
• a sealing member that is formed to extend in one direction intersecting a drawing direction of the drawing member and is provided in the drawing member or the facing member, and seals a gap between the drawing member and the facing member;
• a continuous contact portion that is provided in the drawing member in accordance with a length of the sealing member in the one direction and continuously comes into contact with the sealing member in the one direction in a state where the drawing member is positioned in the installation position;
• and
• a partial contact portion that is provided in the drawing member in accordance with the length of the sealing member in the one direction and partially comes into contact with the sealing member in the one direction when the drawing member is positioned in a position deviated from the installation position to a side of the drawing position.

A storage member comprising:

• a storage section that stores a stored member;
• a drawing member that is capable of operating between a drawing position at which the storage section is drawn toward an outside of the housing member and an installation position at which the storage section is installed in the housing member;
• a facing member that is provided to face the drawing member;
• a sealing member that is formed to extend in one direction intersecting a drawing direction of the drawing member and is provided in the drawing member or the facing member, and seals a gap between the drawing member and the facing member;
• a continuous contact portion that is provided in the drawing member in accordance with a length of the sealing member in the one direction and continuously comes into contact with the sealing member in the one direction in a state where the drawing member is positioned in the installation position;
• and
• a partial contact portion that is provided in the drawing member in accordance with the length of the sealing member in the one direction and partially comes into contact with the sealing member in the one direction when the drawing member is positioned in a position deviated from the installation position to a side of the drawing position.