Patent ID: 9069331
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A support unit configured to support a member to be supported and be inserted in an apparatus main body thus to be mounted therein, the support unit comprising: a wall portion provided on an upstream end portion of the support unit in the direction in which the support unit is inserted; a connector unit provided on the wall portion for electrical connection between the apparatus main body and the support unit; and a cover member pivotably supported by a bearing portion provided on the wall portion, so as to pivot between a first position in which the connector unit is exposed so as to allow an operator to grasp the cover member, and a second position in which the connector unit is concealed, wherein the cover member includes a second wall portion extending in a direction intersecting the insertion direction in the second position, and a first wall portion extending from the second wall portion in the insertion direction so as to intersect the second wall portion, and in the first position, the second wall portion extends in the insertion direction, and the first wall portion is located upstream of the position where the first wall portion is located when the cover member is in the second position, and extends in the direction intersecting the insertion direction.