Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drawer unit, and image forming apparatus using the drawer unit
- Patent Title (中): 抽屉单元和使用抽屉单元的成像设备
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Application No.: US14982176Application Date: 2015-12-29
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Publication No.: US09533846B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Hiroshi Ishii , Kohta Takenaka , Kouta Hirakawa , Hidehiko Maeda , Gaku Hosono
- Applicant: Hiroshi Ishii , Kohta Takenaka , Kouta Hirakawa , Hidehiko Maeda , Gaku Hosono
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2015-016405 20150130; JP2015-178430 20150910
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; B65H1/26 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A drawer unit including a housing and a drawer inserted into the housing in inserting direction and drawn therefrom in drawing direction is provided. A locking member is mounted on the housing or the drawer to extend in direction intersecting the inserting direction, and is rotatable on a rotating shaft extending in the inserting direction such that when the drawer is inserted, the locking member rotates from unlock position to lock position in locking direction while rotating from the lock position to the unlock position in unlocking direction prior to drawing of the drawer. A locking wall and a pushing wall are mounted on the other of the housing and the drawer. The locking member in the lock position is engaged with the locking wall. When being rotated in the unlocking direction, the locking member is contacted with the pushing wall, which pushes the drawer in the drawing direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160221770A1 DRAWER UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE DRAWER UNIT Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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