CONVEYANCE UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THIS

摘要

A conveyance unit includes a cassette removably attached to an apparatus body and a conveyance interlocked part provided in the apparatus body. The cassette includes a sheet storage part for storing a sheet, a lift plate liftably provided between a lowered position and a raised position and a biasing member for biasing the sheet to contact with a pickup roller. The conveyance interlocked part includes a lever for engaging with the lift plate when the cassette is attached to the apparatus body and being liftable together with the lift plate, a pressing mechanism for pressing the lever downward, and a support member provided between the apparatus body and the lever so as to suppress a drop of the lever disengaged from the lift plate when the cassette is detached from the apparatus body.

主权项

1. A conveyance unit comprising:
a cassette removably attached to an apparatus body; a conveyance interlocked part provided in the apparatus body so as to be adjacent the cassette; wherein the cassette including; a sheet storage part configured to store a sheet; a lift plate liftably provided between a lowered position along a bottom plate of the sheet storage part and a raised position separated upward from the bottom plate; and a biasing member configured to bias the lift plate to the raised position so as to cause the sheet on the lift plate to contact with a pickup roller; wherein the conveyance interlocked part including: a lever configured to engage with the lift plate when the cassette is attached to the apparatus body and being liftable together with the lift plate; a pressing mechanism configured to press the lever downward to keep the lift plate at the lowered position; and a support member provided between the apparatus body and the lever so as to suppress a drop of the lever disengaged from the lift plate when the cassette is detached from the apparatus body.