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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Udagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 21/1628 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/181 (2013.01); G03G 21/1857 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body device; a detachable unit that is attached to the main body device to perform an image formation on a medium, and is detachable with respect to the main body device; an operation part that allows the detachable unit to be detached from the main body device; and a lock part that locks the operation part in a first state at which the detachable unit is not at an image forming state to perform the image formation, and releases the lock of the operation part in a second state at which the detachable unit is at the image forming state.