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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Naoi, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tray drawable from an image forming apparatus body in a specified first direction, the tray having: a tray body in which printing media are stored; a handle that is fastened to the tray body so as to be slidable in the first direction by a specified distance, a pull of the handle in the first direction effecting a slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body and applying a pull force in the first direction to the tray body; a lock mechanism for locking the tray body in the image forming apparatus body, the slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body cancelling the lock mechanism; and an elastic member located between the handle and the tray body; wherein at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member.