IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a sheet bundle housing unit that houses recording sheets piled as a sheet bundle; a swing member having a sheet contact portion on one end side, and swinging between a projection position at which the sheet contact portion projects above a sheet placement surface of the housing unit and a non-projection position at which the sheet contact portion does not project above the sheet placement surface, the swing member moving from the projection position to the non-projection position by the sheet bundle; a sheet detection unit that detects the sheet bundle in the housing unit using the swing member; and an interlocking mechanism that moves the swing member to the non-projection position, regardless of presence or absence of the sheet bundle in the housing unit, by interlocking with the housing unit being pulled out from an apparatus body.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a sheet bundle housing unit that houses a plurality of recording sheets piled as a sheet bundle; a swing member having a sheet contact portion on one end side thereof relative to a swing axis, the swing member swinging, about the swing axis, between a projection position at which the sheet contact portion projects above a sheet placement surface of the sheet bundle housing unit and a non-projection position at which the sheet contact portion does not project above the sheet placement surface, the swing member moving from the projection position to the non-projection position by pressing of the sheet bundle placed on the sheet placement surface against the sheet contact portion; a sheet detection unit that detects presence or absence of the sheet bundle in the sheet bundle housing unit using the swing member; a visible image forming unit that forms a visible image on the recording sheet; and an interlocking mechanism that moves the swing member to the non-projection position, regardless of presence or absence of the sheet bundle in the sheet bundle housing unit, by interlocking with the sheet bundle housing unit being pulled out from an apparatus body.