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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Yasuaki Toda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Toda, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drawer, which is included in an electronic apparatus and an image forming apparatus, includes a drawing portion, a support shaft extending in a removing direction of the drawing portion, a handle at a downstream end of the support shaft, a locking portion at an upstream end of the support shaft, and a fixing member on the drawing portion. A rotation of the handle rotates the support shaft and the locking portion together between an unlocked state in which the drawing portion is fixed and a locked state in which the drawing portion is movable. The locking portion includes a fitting projection fitting to the fixing member in the locked state. The fitting projection includes a first wall extending from a root of the fitting projection, a second wall configured to contact the fixing member in the locked state, and a slanted portion inclined toward the removing direction.