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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2012
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A unit mounting and dismounting mechanism includes a unit mountable in and dismountable from an apparatus body, an engaging portion provided in one of the apparatus body and the unit, a pressing member provided in the other of the apparatus body and the unit, the pressing member engaging with the engaging portion and pressing the unit against the apparatus body with a biasing force of a biasing member in a mounting direction of the unit when the unit is mounted in the apparatus body, and a release member provided in the unit, the release member being operated in a direction different from a dismounting direction of the unit from the apparatus body so as to move the pressing member against the biasing force of the biasing member in a direction to release pressing.