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Title:
ATTACHABLE/DETACHABLE UNIT HOLDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009075226
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an attachable/detachable unit holding device which is more excellent than conventional technology from a viewpoint in cost and layout and by which an attachable/detachable unit can be attached/detached straight without sliding the attachable/detachable unit up and down or right and left, whereby it is easily attached/detached without possibility of dropping.

An attachable/detachable unit holding device main body is equipped with a unit fixing member 13 like a lever or the like so as to freely turn against turning tendency from an ordinary position set based on the turning tendency. The unit fixing member is provided with a positioning locking part 26 positioning a fixing unit (attachable/detachable unit) 15 by locking with a positioning pin 19 of the fixing unit when the fixing unit 15 is attached and held in the device main body, and is provided with an attachment/detachment regulation part 24 regulating the attachment/detachment of the fixing unit by making a positioning pin 18 abut thereon when the unit fixing member is at the ordinary position, and releasing the regulation when it is turned by a predetermined angle from the ordinary position.


Inventors:
TAMAKI SHUNTARO
OKAMOTO JUN
OGAWA HIROSHI
ANDO YOHEI
Application Number:
JP2007242381A
Publication Date:
April 09, 2009
Filing Date:
September 19, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
RICOH KK
International Classes:
G03G21/16; G03G21/18
Domestic Patent References:
JPH11109830A1999-04-23
JPH08234648A1996-09-13
JP2005221834A2005-08-18
JP2003271038A2003-09-25
JPH10171324A1998-06-26
JPH11296009A1999-10-29
JP2006258998A2006-09-28
JP2005338180A2005-12-08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shunsuke Nakao