Patent ID: 9207629
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus body including positioning faces; a detachably attachable unit configured to be attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body and including receiving parts and contact parts; and a biasing member to press the receiving parts of the detachably attachable unit to the positioning faces disposed on the apparatus body, wherein: the biasing member is rotatably disposed to the apparatus body, contacts the contact parts disposed on the detachably attachable unit, presses the receiving parts against the positioning faces, and is elastically deformable in a direction separating from a rotary supporting point of the biasing member; the biasing member is rotated to a release state, in which the detachably attachable unit is released from the apparatus body, and a locked state, in which the detachably attachable unit is secured to the apparatus body and the biasing member is elastically deformed at points thereof contacting the contact parts disposed on the detachably attachable unit; and when the biasing member is rotated to the locked state from the release state, the biasing member is hooked to the contact parts, and the receiving parts are pressed toward the positioning faces by the biasing member.