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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Atsushi Funada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Murase, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Okuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuji Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Hama, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Funada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Murase, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Okuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuji Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Hama, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A removable member-holding device is provided and includes: a pull-out member that is supported so as to be movable between an accommodation position and a pull-out position; a rotatable holder that is supported by the pull-out member so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft and supported so as to be movable integrally with the pull-out member, and that holds a removable member which is attached to and detached from the image forming apparatus main body, the rotatable holder being movable between an insertion possible position where the pull-out member is movable from the pull-out position toward the accommodation position and an inclined position where the rotatable holder rotates downward in a direction of a gravity around the rotation shaft and is inclined with respect to the insertion possible position; and a regulating member that is disposed at the rotation shaft of the rotatable holder to lessen a movement speed of the rotatable holder when rotationally moving to the inclined position.