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US07883082B2 Sheet feed devices and image recording apparatus comprising such sheet feed devices 有权
片材进给装置和包括这种片材进给装置的图像记录装置

  • Patent Title: Sheet feed devices and image recording apparatus comprising such sheet feed devices
  • Patent Title (中): 片材进给装置和包括这种片材进给装置的图像记录装置
  • Application No.: US12191404
    Application Date: 2008-08-14
  • Publication No.: US07883082B2
    Publication Date: 2011-02-08
  • Inventor: Tetsuo Asada
  • Applicant: Tetsuo Asada
  • 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: Baker Botts L.L.P.
  • Priority: JP2007-311607 20071130
  • Main IPC: B65H3/44
  • IPC: B65H3/44
Sheet feed devices and image recording apparatus comprising such sheet feed devices
Abstract:
A sheet feed device includes a first tray comprising a first plate configured to receive a first plurality of sheets thereon, in which the first tray includes a support, and a second tray positioned on the first tray. The second tray includes a first and a second side portion, and a second plate configured to receive a second plurality of sheets thereon. The device also includes a feed roller configured to selectively feed the sheets in a sheet feed direction. The support is configured to selectively support the second tray at a retracted position and a sheet feed position at which the feed roller is configured to selectively feed the first plurality of sheets and the second plurality of sheets, respectively. Moreover, a shortest distance between an upper surface of the first plate and a lower surface of the second plate when the second tray is in the sheet feed position is less than a shortest distance in the retracted position.
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