| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of assuring safe and appropriate operation and inexpensive and compact in size. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding mechanism which conveys a sheet in an orthogonal direction to a loading direction of a cassette, and moves between a press-contacting position and a retraction position, an urging member 11 which urges the cassette in a draw-out direction, a locking member 12 which abuts against the cassette at a locking position opposed to the urging member 11, regulates the movement of the cassette, and draws out the cassette at a release position, and an interlocking member 13 which regulates the movement of the locking member when the sheet feeding mechanism is located at the press-contacting position, and releases the regulation of the movement of the locking member when the sheet feeding mechanism is located at the retraction position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
