Image forming apparatus that electrically grounds the sheet cassette upon withdrawal of the sheet cassette

摘要

A sheet storing portion is maintained in a state in which a sheet stacking portion on which sheets are stacked is electrically insulated, when the sheet storing portion is contained in a containing portion of an image forming apparatus body at the time of formation of an image. The sheet stacking portion is switched from the insulation state to a grounding state in which the sheet stacking portion is grounded through a ground portion by a switching portion through an operation of drawing the sheet storing portion.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a body including a containing portion; an image forming portion forming an image on a sheet; a sheet feeding portion feeding the sheet to the image forming portion; a sheet storing portion contained in the containing portion, configured to be drawable and including a sheet stacking portion which is liftable and on which the sheet fed by the sheet feeding portion is stacked; a ground portion, provided in the containing portion, that is electrically grounded; and a switching portion switching a state of the sheet stacking portion from an electrically insulated state to an electrically grounded state grounded through the ground portion in response to an operation of drawing the sheet storing portion contained in the containing portion.