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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2012
Takemasa Ishikuro, Tokyo, JP;
Takemasa Ishikuro, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medium carrying unit to be installed in an image forming apparatus includes a first carrying path through which a medium is carried, a handle member positioned above or around the first carrying path and including a part to be gripped by a user in a state that allows the handle member to project above a carrying surface of the first carrying path, an accommodation area that is defined around the handle member and that accommodates the handle member in a state that allows the handle member to be freely inserted and removed so that the handle member hides below the carrying surface of the first carrying path, and a push-out mechanism that pushes out the handle member from an interior of the accommodation area when the medium carrying unit is removed from the image forming apparatus.