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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Yohei Katto, Chiba, JP;
Yutaka Ando, Ibaraki, JP;
Teruhito Kai, Chiba, JP;
Akihiro Kawakita, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet accommodating portion, an image forming portion, an accommodating portion opening portion, a lifter plate, a lifter plate lifting and lowering mechanism, a lower-limit detecting portion, a control unit lowering the lifter plate and opening the accommodating portion in accordance with an operation in a set mode of a plurality of modes when the control unit receives an instruction to open the accommodating portion, wherein the modes includes a first mode in which the accommodating portion is opened irrespective of whether or not the lifter plate lowers to the lower-limit position and a second mode in which the accommodating portion is opened after the lifter plate lowers to the lower-limit position; and an operating portion operable by an operator for changing setting of the mode, between the modes, executed when the control unit receives the instruction to open the accommodating portion.