Patent ID: 8406652

Claim:
A removable member-holding device comprising: a pull-out member that is supported so as to be movable between an accommodation position where the pull-out member is accommodated in an image forming apparatus main body and a pull-out position where the pull-out member is pulled out from the accommodation position outward of the image forming apparatus main body; a rotatable holder that is supported by the pull-out member so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft and supported so as to be movable integrally with the pull-out member, and that holds a removable member which is attached to and detached from the image forming apparatus main body, wherein the rotatable holder is movable between an insertion possible position where the pull-out member is movable from the pull-out position toward the accommodation position and an inclined position where the rotatable holder rotates downward in a direction of a gravity around the rotation shaft and is inclined with respect to the insertion possible position; and a regulating member that is disposed at the rotation shaft of the rotatable holder to lessen a rotation speed of the rotatable holder when rotationally moving to the inclined position: wherein the removable member includes a container to which supplies of an image forming apparatus is filled.