Patent ID: 8019252

Claim:
A removable member-holding device comprising: a pull-out member being movably between an accommodating position in which the pull-out member is accommodated in an image forming apparatus body and a pull-out position in which the pull-out member is pulled out of the image forming apparatus body outward from the accommodating position along a pull-out direction thereof; a holding member supported on the pull-out member and having a holding member body, the holding member being extended in a moving direction of the pull-out member and holding a removable member which is removed from the image forming apparatus body, the holding member being movable between an insertion enabling position in which the pull-out member can be moved from the pull-out position toward the accommodating position and a removing position in which at least a downstream side of the holding member in the pull-out direction is moved downward in a direction of a gravity with respect to the insertion enabling position so that the removable member can be removed; and a pull-out regulating member provided on a downstream end of the holding member in the pull-out direction and regulating a movement of the removable member to a downstream side in the pull-out direction.