Patent ID: 6904606

Claim:
An attaching and detaching mechanism for attaching and detaching an operating part to and from a unit main body, the mechanism comprising: catching means; and coupling means for detachably coupling one side of said operating part with another side of said operating part caught by said catching means, wherein said coupling means includes slide means having a slide member provided in said unit main body for sliding in and out of said main body, and holding means provided at a front end of said slide member for holding said operating part, and said slide means further comprising first biasing means for biasing said slide member in a forward direction, lock means for restraining said slide means in a backward-moved state against a biasing force of said first biasing means, and release means for releasing a lock state of said lock means, and when said release means releases said lock state of said lock means, said slide member slides in said forward direction pushing out said operating part, wherein said holding means comprise a pair of claws provided at a front end of said slide member for carrying out holding of a held part formed with said operating part.