US 12,216,428 B2
Image forming apparatus
Chikara Imaizumi, Shizuoka (JP); Satoshi Murasaki, Shizuoka (JP); Kiyoshi Furuta, Shizuoka (JP); Shinya Noda, Shizuoka (JP); Kunihiro Niwa, Shizuoka (JP); Yoji Misao, Shizuoka (JP); Tomooku Koyama, Shizuoka (JP); Tomoki Katafuchi, Shizuoka (JP); Tomonari Inoue, Kanagawa (JP); and Koichi Sekimizu, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/465,048.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094671 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1647 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1685 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body;
a fixing device configured to heat the recording material at a use position;
an opening and closing member attached to the apparatus main body, wherein the opening and closing member includes an upper cover portion and is configured to be moved from a closed position, where the upper cover portion is located above the fixing device, to an open position; and
a drawer unit including (i) a first cartridge and (ii) a support member to which the first cartridge is detachably attached, wherein the drawer unit is configured to be moved to a first inner position inside the apparatus main body and to a first outer position outside the apparatus main body,
wherein, in a state where the fixing device is at the use position, at least a part of the fixing device is located in a space for the drawer unit to pass through when moved from the first inner position to the first outer position so that the movement of the drawer unit from the first inner position to the first outer position is restricted,
wherein the fixing device is configured to be retracted from the use position to a retracted position so that the movement of the drawer unit from the first inner position to the first outer position is allowed, and
wherein at least a part of the fixing device at the retracted position is positioned at a position higher than a position of the upper cover portion of the opening and closing member at the closed position.