Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tray and an image forming apparatus provided with the tray
- Patent Title (中): 托盘和设置有托盘的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14087015Application Date: 2013-11-22
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Publication No.: US08925914B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Shinya Naoi
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-259852 20121128
- Main IPC: B65H1/22
- IPC: B65H1/22 ; B65H1/04

Abstract:
A tray drawable from an image forming apparatus body in a specified first direction, the tray having: a tray body in which printing media are stored; a handle that is fastened to the tray body so as to be slidable in the first direction by a specified distance, a pull of the handle in the first direction effecting a slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body and applying a pull force in the first direction to the tray body; a lock mechanism for locking the tray body in the image forming apparatus body, the slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body cancelling the lock mechanism; and an elastic member located between the handle and the tray body; wherein at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140145393A1 TRAY AND AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE TRAY Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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