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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Yuichi Tanabe, Toride, JP;
Takahiro Kobayashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Yuichi Tanabe, Toride, JP;
Takahiro Kobayashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; a door member which supports one of roller members constituting a feeding nip for a recording material and which is rotatable about an axis parallel with said roller members in a sidewise direction of said main assembly to open said feeding nip; a pair of urging mechanisms which are provided at opposite end portions of said door member with respect to a front-rear direction of said main assembly and which fix said door member to said main assembly so as to be capable of opening and closing said door member, said urging mechanism urging said door member toward said main assembly in a state that said door member is closed; and an operating member provided with a grip for manual opening of said door member, said grip being disposed in a position nearer to a front side than a center portion position of said door member with respect to the front-rear direction, and said operating member being rotatably supported in a position nearer to a rear side than a center position between urging mechanisms.