Patent ID: 11966180
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the action member includes a first protrusion portion protruding away from the heating unit,
the movement mechanism includes
an evacuation bias member which is an elastic member that biases the action member in a direction in which a distance from the fixing unit increases, and
an interlocking member which is supported while being movable between a restriction position and a release position along the specific direction in conjunction with the movement of the operation portion,

the interlocking member includes a second protrusion portion protruding toward a side of the action member,
one of the first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion includes a tilted side surface formed obliquely from a base portion toward a vertex portion,
another one of the first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion includes a slide portion that comes into contact with the tilted side surface,
when the interlocking member moves from the restriction position to the release position, the slide portion slides on the tilted side surface in a downward direction from the vertex portion toward the base portion, and the action member moves from the first position to the second position by a bias force of the evacuation bias member, and
when the interlocking member moves from the release position to the restriction position, the slide portion slides on the tilted side surface in an upward direction from the base portion toward the vertex portion, and the action member moves from the second position to the first position by a force received from the second protrusion portion against the bias force of the evacuation bias member.