Image forming apparatus having a handle with a protrusive part and a convex part to cover the protrusive part

摘要

An image forming apparatus, including an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet in an electro-photographic method and detachably attached to a body of the image forming apparatus; a chassis configured to accommodate the image forming unit and including an opening portion, through which the image forming unit is detachably attached to the body; a handle arranged in the image forming unit to protrude at least partly through the opening portion when the image forming unit is attached to the body; and a cover movable between a closed position, in which the opening portion is closed, and an open position, in which the opening portion is exposed, the cover including a protrusion cover configured to cover a protrusive part of the handle protruded through the opening portion when the cover is in the closed position, is provided.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet in an electro-photographic method, the image forming unit being detachably attached to a body of the image forming apparatus; a chassis configured to accommodate the image forming unit and comprising an opening portion, through which the image forming unit is detachably attached to the body; a handle arranged in the image forming unit, the handle being arranged to protrude at least partly through the opening portion when the image forming unit is attached to the body; a cover configured to be movable between a closed position, in which the opening portion is closed, and an open position, in which the opening portion is exposed, the cover comprising a convex part and configured to cover a protrusive part of the handle protruded through the opening portion when the cover is in the closed position, wherein the convex part is convex upwardly when the cover is in the closed position; and a conveyer roller configured to convey the sheet to the image forming unit, wherein a projection of the convex part projected on a virtual plane spreading orthogonally to an axial direction of the conveyer roller partly overlaps a projection of the handle projected on the virtual plane.