Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feed cassette
- Patent Title (中): 供纸盒
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Application No.: US14306439Application Date: 2014-06-17
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Publication No.: US09085431B2Publication Date: 2015-07-21
- Inventor: Kenji Sawada , Kouki Muramoto , Takahiro Iwasaki , Masanobu Tomiyasu
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2013-127186 20130618
- Main IPC: B65H1/12
- IPC: B65H1/12 ; B65H1/04

Abstract:
A sheet feed cassette having: a main body to be set in a body of an image forming apparatus; a first press-up member configured to support print media stacked thereon; a first elastic member configured to apply an elastic force to make the first press-up member press up the print media; a second press-up member; a second elastic member configured to apply an elastic force to make the second press-up member press up the first press-up member or the print media; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the force of the second press-up member to press up the first press-up member or the print media in accordance with a size of the print media; and a regulatory mechanism configured to prevent the second press-up member from pressing up the first press-up member or the print media when the main body is detached from the body of the image forming apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140367908A1 SHEET FEED CASSETTE Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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