US 12,405,563 B2
Image forming apparatus
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. 18/494,053.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-177474 (JP), filed on Nov. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152088 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1633 (2013.01) [G03G 15/165 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00628 (2013.01); G03G 2221/169 (2013.01)] 14 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 with respect to the casing, and configured to be moved to a first opened position and a second opened position, the first opened position being a position where the door is inclined by a first angle with respect to a closed position, where the casing is closed and a sheet conveyance path is formed, to expose the sheet conveyance path, the second opened position being a position where the door is inclined by a second angle that is greater than the first angle with respect to the closed position to expose the sheet conveyance path;
a connecting member configured to be interlocked with an opening and closing operation of the door, and connected to the casing and the door;
a guide member provided on the door, the guide member including a first guide configured to guide the connecting member in a case that the door is moved between the closed position and the first opened position, and a second guide branched from the first guide and configured to guide the connecting member in a case that the door is moved to the second opened position, wherein the connecting member is configured to retain the door at the first opened position by engaging an end of the first guide and to retain the door at the second opened position by engaging an end of the second quide; and
an operating portion configured to move, through an operation by a user and in a state where the door is retained at the first opened position by the connecting member engaging the end of the first guide, from a regulating position where the connecting member is regulated from moving from the first guide to the second guide, to an allowing position where the connecting member is allowed to move from the first guide to the second guide,
wherein, in a state where the operating portion is at the allowing position, the door is configured to be retained at the second opened position by movement of the connecting member from the first guide to the second guide.