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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Yasuhiro Kurokawa, Saitama, JP;
Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiro Kurokawa, Saitama, JP;
Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device has: a cassette that accommodates a recording medium and that can be pulled out from a front surface of a device main body; and a lock unit locking the cassette to a rear surface of the device main body. The lock unit may have: a lock hole formed in a peripheral wall of the cassette; a bracket mounted to a rear surface side of the device main body; a lock having a rod, that passes through a hole formed in the bracket and that is inserted in the lock hole, and a hook, that is formed at the rod and that hooks on the lock hole; and a wire connecting the lock and a heavy object.