发明名称 |
Unit mounting and dismounting mechanism, mounting and dismounting mechanism for fixing unit, and image forming apparatus |
摘要 |
A unit mounting and dismounting mechanism includes a unit mountable in and dismountable from an apparatus body, an engaging portion provided in one of the apparatus body and the unit, a pressing member provided in the other of the apparatus body and the unit, the pressing member engaging with the engaging portion and pressing the unit against the apparatus body with a biasing force of a biasing member in a mounting direction of the unit when the unit is mounted in the apparatus body, and a release member provided in the unit, the release member being operated in a direction different from a dismounting direction of the unit from the apparatus body so as to move the pressing member against the biasing force of the biasing member in a direction to release pressing. |
申请公布号 |
US8831479(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.09.09 |
申请号 |
US201213372166 |
申请日期 |
2012.02.13 |
申请人 |
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
发明人 |
Arikawa Kiichirou;Ishida Masami;Watanabe Shigeru;Konishi Yoshiro |
分类号 |
G03G15/16;G03G21/16 |
主分类号 |
G03G15/16 |
代理机构 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
代理人 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
主权项 |
1. A unit mounting and dismounting mechanism comprising:
a unit mountable in and dismountable from an apparatus body; an engaging portion provided in one of the apparatus body and the unit; a pressing member provided in the other of the apparatus body and the unit, the pressing member engaging with the engaging portion and pressing the unit against the apparatus body with a biasing force of a biasing member in a mounting direction of the unit when the unit is mounted in the apparatus body; and a release member provided in the unit, the release member being operated in a direction different from a dismounting direction of the unit from the apparatus body so as to move the pressing member against the biasing force of the biasing member in a direction to release pressing; wherein a connecting portion that moves in the mounting direction to be connected to a connected portion provided in the apparatus body and moves in the dismounting direction to be disconnected from the connected portion is provided at one end of the unit in a longitudinal direction intersecting the mounting direction, and wherein the release member is provided at the one end in the longitudinal direction. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |