| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a removable member from falling when it is moved to its removed position located at a lower part. <P>SOLUTION: A removable member-holding device KHk includes: pull-out members 21, 22 movable between an accommodation position where it is accommodated in an image forming apparatus body U3 and a pull-out position where it is pulled out; a holding member 31 holding a removable member Kk, supported by the pull-out members 21, 22, and movable between an insertion-enabling position where the pull-out members 21, 22 are movable toward the accommodation position and a pull-out position where the downstream side in the pull-out direction is moved downward in the direction of the gravity, and the removable body Kk is attachable or detachable; and a front end opening/closing member 71 rotatably supported at the downstream end of the holder 31 in the pull-out direction and rotated and moved between an end opening position where the removable member Kk is attachable to or detachable from the image carrier 31 and an end closing position where the downstream end of the removable member Kk, held by the holding member 31, in the pull-out direction is covered. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
