Patent ID: 8925914
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A tray that is constructed to be drawable from an image forming apparatus body in a specified first direction, the tray comprising: a tray body in which a plurality of printing media are stored; a handle that is fastened to the tray body so as to be slidable the specified first direction by a specified distance, a pull of the handle in the specified first direction effecting a slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body and applying a pull force in the specified 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 specified first direction relative to the tray body cancelling the lock mechanism; and an elastic member located between the handle and the tray body; wherein the elastic member contacts both the handle and the tray body when the handle is slid in the specified first direction, and at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member.