Sheet storage apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasatoshi Yoshida, Akira Matsushima
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Abstract
A sheet storage apparatus includes a sheet storage portion and a regulating member configured to regulate positions of a sheet that is stored in the sheet storage portion. The regulating member includes a regulating portion configured to abut against the sheet. The regulating member is moved to a first regulating position on which the regulating portion regulates an end portion in a first direction of a first sheet having a first size. In addition, the regulating member is moved to a second regulating position on which the regulating portion regulates an end portion, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, of a second sheet having a second size different from the first size.
Claims20
A sheet storage apparatus comprising:
- a sheet storage portion configured to store a sheet;
- and
- a regulating member provided movably in the sheet storage portion and comprising a first regulating surface configured to abut against a sheet stored in the sheet storage portion and a second regulating surface configured to abut against a sheet stored in the sheet storage portion, the regulating member being movable to
- (i) a first regulating position on which the first regulating surface is orthogonal to a first direction, and abuts against and regulates end portions, in the first direction, of a plurality of first sheets each having a first size in a case where the plurality of first sheets are stored in the sheet storage portion,
- (ii) a second regulating position on which the first regulating surface is parallel with the first direction, and abuts against and regulates end portions, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, of a plurality of second sheets each having a second size different from the first size in a case where the plurality of second sheets are stored in the sheet storage portion, and
- (iii) a third regulating position on which the second regulating surface is orthogonal to the first direction and regulates end portions in the first direction, of a plurality of third sheets each having a third size, the third sheet having a different length in the first direction from the first sheet and the second sheet.
A sheet storage apparatus comprising:
- a sheet storage portion configured to store a sheet;
- and
- a regulating member provided movably in the sheet storage portion and comprising a first regulating surface and a second regulating surface, the regulating member being movable to
- (i) a first regulating position on which the first regulating surface abuts against and regulates end portions, in a first direction, of a plurality of first sheets each having a first size in a case where the plurality of first sheets are stored in the sheet storage portion, and
- (ii) a second regulating position on which the second regulating surface abuts against and regulates end portions, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, of a plurality of second sheets each having a second size different from the first size in a case where the plurality of second sheets are stored in the sheet storage portion,
- wherein the regulating member is configured to move in parallel with the second direction to the first regulating position and the second regulating position in a state in which the first regulating surface is orthogonal to the first direction and the second regulating surface is orthogonal to the second direction,
- wherein the first direction is one of a sheet feeding direction in which a sheet stored in the sheet storage portion is conveyed out of the sheet storage portion and a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding direction, and the second direction is the other of the sheet feeding direction and the sheet width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.