Patent ID: 9126788
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus in which a sheet supply cassette configured to stack recording media thereon slidably moves in an installation direction and a pull-out direction so that the sheet supply cassette changes its position between a pull-out position where the sheet supply cassette is pulled out from an apparatus main body and an installation position where the sheet supply cassette is installed to the apparatus main body, the image forming apparatus comprising: an engagement member provided on the sheet supply cassette; a biasing member that is configured with a first part formed at an end of the biasing member, a second part formed at another end of the biasing member, and an elastic part provided between the first and second parts, the biasing member applying elastic force, a guide restriction member provided on the apparatus main body and configured to restrict a movement of the first part in the installation direction and the pull-out direction, wherein during a process in which the sheet supply cassette moves in the installation direction from the pull-out position toward the installation position, the biasing member swings in a first direction by the engagement member, becoming one of a first status through a third status, in the first status, the first part has not engaged with the engagement member, in the second status, the first part engages with the engagement member and moves in the installation direction, in the third status, the sheet supply cassette reaches the installation position and the biasing member biases the engagement member toward the installation position.