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Sheet storage apparatus and image forming apparatus

US11618643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 4, 2020
Grant dateApr 4, 2023
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1684
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet storage apparatus includes a sheet housing portion, a handle for drawing the sheet housing portion, and a cover member. The sheet housing portion is drawably disposed in the apparatus main body and configured to house a sheet. The cover member is mounted to an end portion of the sheet housing portion in a drawing direction and having, in a portion facing the handle, a recess toward a sheet housing portion. A contact portion configured to come into contact with the sheet housing portion is disposed at a position corresponding to a portion in which the recess is formed, on a facing surface of the cover member, the facing surface facing the sheet housing portion.

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