US 12,169,383 B2
Image forming apparatus
Yohei Tomikawa, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/147,922.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-011176 (JP), filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0259063 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1633 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 15/70 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body;
a drawer unit configured to be pulled out from the apparatus body;
a cover provided to be openable and closable on the apparatus body, the cover being movable to a closed position where the cover covers the drawer unit attached to the apparatus body and an open position where the drawer unit is exposed so as to be pulled out from the apparatus body; and
a lock mechanism,
wherein the drawer unit includes:
a handle mechanism configured to be rotatable around a rotational axis to a locked position where the drawer unit is restricted from being pulled out from the apparatus body, and an unlocked position where the drawer unit is allowed to be pulled out from the apparatus body, the lock mechanism configured to transit to a restricted state in which a pivot of the handle mechanism from the locked position to the unlocked position is restricted and to an allowable state in which the pivot of the handle mechanism from the locked position to the unlocked position is allowed, and
a display configured to display a state of the lock mechanism,
wherein the display is in a first state in a case where the lock mechanism is in the restricted state, and is in a second state that is different than the first state in a case where the lock mechanism is in the allowable state, the display in the first state being exposed to outside of the image forming apparatus in a case where the cover is moved from the closed position to the open position,
the handle mechanism includes an end portion that is furthest from the rotational axis when viewed in a direction of the rotational axis, and
the display is closer to the end portion of the handle mechanism in the locked position than to the end portion of the handle mechanism in the unlocked position.