Patent ID: 7764898
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an apparatus body having a media supplying roller that supplies media, said media supplying roller being connected to a ground point; a media cassette removably installable in the apparatus body, said cassette having a catching portion, a loading plate mounted in the media cassette that supports the media stacked in the media cassette; and a pulling up assembly attached to the apparatus body at a side of the loading plate, said pulling up assembly having a fulcrum portion which is connected to the grounding point and a an arm frame which is disposed to make contact with the catching portion when the cassette is being installed in the apparatus body; wherein when the media cassette is partially installed in the apparatus body and before the arm frame makes contact with the catching portion, a first ground conducting route is established that discharges static electricity from the loading plate to the grounding point via the fulcrum portion, and by further movement of the media cassette toward being fully installed in the apparatus and after the catching portion makes contact with the arm frame, said pulling up assembly rotates the loading plate in a direction toward the media supplying roller and causes the media conveyed from the media cassette to contact the media supplying roller such that a second conducting route is established that discharges static electricity from the media to the grounding point via the media supplying roller.