Invention Grant
US08684347B2 Sheet amount indicator and image forming apparatus with amplifying mechanism
有权
纸张量指示器和具有放大机构的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Sheet amount indicator and image forming apparatus with amplifying mechanism
- Patent Title (中): 纸张量指示器和具有放大机构的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13716506Application Date: 2012-12-17
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Publication No.: US08684347B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Shigeyuki Ito , Yoshihide Sugiyama
- Applicant: Shigeyuki Ito , Yoshihide Sugiyama
- 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: JP2011-279667 20111221
- Main IPC: B65H1/26
- IPC: B65H1/26

Abstract:
Example embodiments relate to a sheet amount indicator for use in a sheet-feeding tray. The sheet-feeding tray includes a sheet stacking part having a base plate where sheets are stacked, and the base plate is configured to rise up for feeding of a topmost sheet stacked. The sheet amount indicator includes a viewing part disposed on an outer surface of the sheet stacking part, an indicator member configured to move as seen through the viewing part, a cooperative mechanism configured to move in accordance with a vertical movement of the base plate, and an amplifying mechanism disposed outside the sheet stacking part and connected to the cooperative mechanism so as to amplify the movement of the cooperative mechanism to transmit the amplified movement to the indicator member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130161899A1 SHEET AMOUNT INDICATOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-06-27
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