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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ran Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Fukashi Hatano, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a guiding portion that acts on a shutter member to open and close the shutter member when a unit, including the shutter member, is mounted to and dismounted from a main assembly. The guiding portion includes an opening operating portion that moves the shutter member from the closing position to the opening position in interrelation with an inserting operation of the unit, a closing operating portion that moves the shutter member from the opening position to the closing position in interrelation with an extracting operation of the unit, and a shutter closing portion contacted to the shutter member at a position upstream of the opening operating portion and the closing operating portion, with respect to an inserting direction of the unit relative to the guiding portion, to move the shutter member from the opening position to the closing position in interrelation with the inserting operation.