Patent · US Expired

Tray for loading sheets in a sheet-processing apparatus having an elastic force maintaining a lid in an open position

US5752696A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 10, 1997
Grant dateMay 19, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H1/12
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tray for a sheet processing apparatus having a receptacle, a lifting plate movable between a low position and a high position, an elastic member for elastically moving the lifting plate to the high position from the low position, a lid mounted on the receptacle pivoting about an axis and movable between an open position and a closed position, and a pushing member for pushing the lifting plate toward the low position against an elastic force of the elastic member when the lid moves into the open position, and characterized in that the pushing member is mounted on the lid and maintains the lid in the open position against the elastic force of the elastic member.

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