US 12,253,808 B2
Image forming apparatus
Yuuta Sakurai, Chiba (JP); and Takahiro Ito, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,024.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-177476 (JP), filed on Nov. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152067 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0105 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00675 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0872 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
a casing accommodating the image forming unit;
a door configured to be opened and closed by being rotated with respect to the casing, and configured to be rotated to a first opened position where the door is inclined by a first angle with respect to a closed position where the casing is closed, and to a second opened position where the door is inclined by a second angle that is greater than the first angle with respect to the closed position;
a first switching portion disposed at one side in a rotational axis direction of the door, and configured to be switched to a first state in which the door is rotatable from the closed position to the first opened position and a second state in which the door is rotatable at least from the first opened position to the second opened position;
a second switching portion disposed at the other side in the rotational axis direction of the door, and configured to be switched to a third state in which the door is rotatable from the closed position to the first opened position and a fourth state in which the door is rotatable at least from the first opened position to the second opened position;
an interlocking portion configured to interlock an operation in which the first switching portion is switched from the first state to the second state and an operation in which the second switching portion is switched from the third state to the fourth state; and
an operating portion configured to switch the first switching portion to the first state and the second state, and to switch the second switching portion to the third state and the fourth state.