Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15920719Application Date: 2018-03-14
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Publication No.: US10227192B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Hirotaka Tatematsu
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2017-059379 20170324
- Main IPC: B65H1/26
- IPC: B65H1/26 ; B65H9/12 ; B65H3/66 ; B65H5/36

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding tray configured to support a sheet; and an apparatus main body configured to support the sheet feeding tray so as to be moveable in a direction parallel with a sheet feeding direction, the apparatus main body including a chute configured to guide the sheet that is fed from the sheet feeding tray, wherein the sheet feeding tray includes a guiding member configured to be displaced between an engaging position at which the guiding member engages with the chute and restrains movement of the sheet feeding tray and a separation position at which the guiding member separates from the chute and permits movement of the sheet feeding tray, and wherein the guiding member is configured to guide the sheet that is fed from the sheet feeding tray toward the chute when the guiding member is located at the engaging position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180273326A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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