Image forming apparatus, and insertion container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9242813-B2
Application number	US-201414526998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2014
Priority date	Feb 10, 2014
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

Provided is an image forming apparatus including a main body that is provided with an insertion hole, and forms an image on a recording medium, and an insertion container in which the recording medium is stored, and that is inserted into the insertion hole, wherein the insertion container includes a first part, a second part that extends rearward in a direction of the insertion from the first part, and that is movable forward and backward in the insertion direction with respect to the first part, a fastening tool that fastens the second part to the first part, a releasing tool that releases the fastening tool when grasped, and that moves forward and backward with the second part, and a protruding tool that protrudes from the second part to the main body when the releasing tool is grasped, and that prevents the second part from being inserted into the insertion hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main body that is provided with an insertion hole, and forms an image on a recording medium; and
an insertion container in which the recording medium is stored, and that is inserted into the insertion hole,
wherein the insertion container includes:
a first part;
a second part that extends rearward in a direction of the insertion from the first part, and that is movable forward and backward in the insertion direction with respect to the first part;
a fastening tool that fastens the second part to the first part;
a releasing tool that releases the fastening tool when grasped, and that moves forward and backward with the second part; and
a protruding tool that protrudes from the second part to the main body when the releasing tool is grasped, and that prevents the second part from being inserted into the insertion hole.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an integral member that is obtained by integrally connecting the fastening tool, the releasing tool, and the protruding tool, and in which a place of the fastening tool is released and a place of the protruding tool protrudes when a place of the releasing tool is grasped to result in an integral movement.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 that is applied to any one of copies, facsimiles, multifunction machines, and color printers.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 that adopts an ink jet method, or an electrophotographic method.

5. An insertion container comprising:
a first part that is inserted into an insertion hole;
a second part that extends rearward in a direction of the insertion from the first part, and that is movable forward and backward in the insertion direction with respect to the first part;
a fastening tool that fastens the second part to the first part;
a releasing tool that releases the fastening tool when grasped, and that moves forward and backward with the second part; and
a protruding tool that protrudes from the second part to the main body when the releasing tool is grasped, and that prevents the second part from being inserted into the insertion hole.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Abe Takashi
• Maeda Shouichi
• Mori Takuya
• Itozaki Yusuke
• Shuin Yoshinori
• Yokoyama Tomohiro

Classifications

• B41J13/10

  Sheet holders, retainers {, movable guides}, or stationary guides · CPC title

• B41J2/10

  magnetic field-control type · CPC title

• B65H2405/1122

  movable linearly, details therefor · CPC title

• B41J13/16

  movable for insertion or release of sheets · CPC title

• B65H3/02 Primary

  using friction forces between articles and separator · CPC title