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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoichiro Iizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/1671 (2013.01); G03G 21/1685 (2013.01); G03G 21/1853 (2013.01); G03G 21/168 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1654 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image forming apparatus of the present invention has an apparatus main body including a link mechanism that an opening and closing member contacts, and a regulating portion regulating the movement of a shutter, and when the opening and closing member is further pushed in a closing direction at the time when the shutter is located at a second position, the link mechanism allows to move the opening and closing member in the closing direction while keeping a position of the shutter maintains at the second position by the regulating portion.