Patent ID: 9567172
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion; a sheet storing portion which is drawably mounted on an image forming apparatus body; a sheet feeding portion which feeds a sheet stored in the sheet storing portion in a direction perpendicular to a mounting direction of the sheet storing portion; a biasing portion which biases the sheet storing portion which is mounted in the image forming apparatus body in a direction opposite to the mounting direction; a positioning portion which performs positioning of the sheet storing portion mounted on the image forming apparatus body in a mounting direction, wherein the positioning portion includes a latch portion which is provided in one of the sheet storing portion and the image forming apparatus body and a to-be-latched portion which is provided in the other of the sheet storing portion and the image forming apparatus body, and wherein the sheet storing portion is positioned by abutting the latch portion against the to-be-latched portion due to a biasing force by the biasing portion in the mounting direction; and an adjusting portion which adjusts the positioning portion so as to adjust a positioning position of the sheet storing portion in the mounting direction, wherein the adjusting portion includes a first teeth portion which has a plurality of teeth formed on a inclined surface inclined in a direction oblique to the mounting direction and a second teeth portion which has a plurality of teeth on a surface which faces the inclined surface and an engagement position between the teeth of the first teeth portion and the teeth of the second teeth portion is changeable by moving of the first teeth portion in the direction oblique to the mounting direction, and wherein the first teeth portion is provided on the latch portion or the to-be-latched portion and the positioning position of the sheet storing portion in the mounting direction is adjusted by moving of the first teeth portion.