Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feed tray, sheet feed device, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 供纸托盘,送纸装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US14533776Application Date: 2014-11-05
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Publication No.: US09302861B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Munekazu Hirata , Mitsutaka Nakamura , Takashi Fujimoto , Kozo Yamazaki , Toshio Yamaki
- Applicant: Munekazu Hirata , Mitsutaka Nakamura , Takashi Fujimoto , Kozo Yamazaki , Toshio Yamaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, LTD.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2013-231223 20131107
- Main IPC: B65H1/04
- IPC: B65H1/04

Abstract:
A sheet feed tray to stack a sheet to be conveyed to an image forming apparatus includes a platen on which a first portion of the sheet is placed; a pair of first support portions to support a second portion of the sheet folded back upward at a trailing end of the first portion; and a pair of second support portions to support a third portion of the sheet folded back upward at a trailing end of the second portion. In the sheet feed tray, the first support portions and the second support portions are reciprocally movable toward each other, and a distance between the second support portions is wider than a distance between the first support portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150123341A1 SHEET FEED TRAY, SHEET FEED DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-05-07
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