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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sho Karakama, Sagamihara, JP;
Masahiko Tanaka, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 1/266 (2013.01); G03G 21/1695 (2013.01); H04N 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/00533 (2013.01); B65H 2402/32 (2013.01); B65H 2402/541 (2013.01); B65H 2405/121 (2013.01); B65H 2405/31 (2013.01); B65H 2405/322 (2013.01); B65H 2601/322 (2013.01); B65H 2801/03 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus provided with a sheet accommodating member that accommodates a sheet and is capable of being inserted into and withdrawn from an apparatus main body, and the image forming apparatus includes: a moving member movably supported in the sheet accommodating member; a charge member that is charged with energy by a movement of the moving member; and a retractor that retracts the sheet accommodating member into the apparatus main body by the energy charged in the charge member, when the sheet accommodating member is inserted into the apparatus main body.