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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2022
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Hiroki Shintani, Sakai, JP;
Toshihiko Seike, Sakai, JP;
Shohtaroh Okamoto, Sakai, JP;
Takahisa Narikiyo, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
In a lock member of a pull-out lock device, while two adjacent sheet containers are both located at an accommodated position in an image-forming apparatus main body, a contact member is in contact with one of the sheet containers and thus the lock member rotates around a rotation axis, and a lock moves to an unlock position to allow the other sheet container to move in a pull-out direction, and while the other sheet container is located at the accommodated position and the one of the sheet containers is pulled out from the accommodated position in the pull-out direction and thus the contact between the one of the sheet containers and the contact member is removed, the lock member rotates around the rotation axis and the lock moves to a lock position to prohibit the other sheet container from moving in the pull-out direction.