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Paper feeding cassette for image forming apparatus

US7036816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 29, 2003
Grant dateMay 2, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 10, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2511/10
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The paper feeding cassette includes a push-up plate provided inside the cassette for receiving a stack of sheets entirely thereon regardless of the size of the sheets. On the push-up plate is mounted a trailing edge plate which is coupled to a fixing plate through a slide groove and which is configured to be capable of sliding in a sheet feeding direction in which the stacked sheets are to be fed to restrict the position of the stack of the sheets in the sheet feeding direction. The trailing edge plate is provided, at opposite sides thereof, with stoppers to be inserted into positioning holes of the push-up plate for fixing the trailing edge plate.

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