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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kobayashi, Nagareyama, JP;
Takashi Yahagi, Moriya, JP;
Tomoo Akaba, Toride, JP;
Yoshiharu Irei, Fujisawa, JP;
Shoji Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Nishino, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A holding mechanism to be used in an image forming apparatus includes a first metal plate provided with a through-hole communicating a first side and a second side, and a second metal plate including a first protruding portion, a second protruding portion, and a third protruding portion being inserted into the through-hole from the first side of the first metal plate, a rim of the through-hole being provided with a first end face and a second end face for regulating movement of the second metal plate in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction and a through-thickness direction, regulation portions for regulating movement of the second metal plate in the through-thickness direction, and a slope which elastically deforms the first protruding portion to rotate the first protruding portion with the insertion direction as a rotation axis to engage an engagement portion with the second side of the first metal plate.