US 11,964,836 B2
Mounting structure of cassette with protruded supporter to main body
Hoil Lee, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/609,827
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/054602
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/071963, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0125160 (KR), filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219924 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 1/266 (2013.01) [B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1117 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1122 (2013.01); B65H 2405/114 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main body,
a cassette to enter or exit the main body along a first direction to be mounted in or released from the main body, respectively, to enable supply of printable media to the main body in a mounted state,
the cassette includes a supporter extendable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to protrude from an exterior of the main body; and
a lever mounted on the main body, the lever movable in the first direction between a supporting position at which the lever supports the main body and a release position to allow the cassette to enter or exit the main body along the first direction.