Sheet accommodating apparatus, image forming system, and extension unit
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsYoshiki Kimura, Kiyoshi Watanabe, Shoichi Maeda, Masashi Ikeda
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Abstract
A sheet accommodating apparatus includes a loading portion onto which a sheet is loaded, a lifting and lowering unit that lifts and lowers the loading portion, a raising portion that raises a sheet loading surface with respect to a lowermost lowering position of the loading portion and above which a portion of the sheet is loaded, and an extension portion that extends to a position outward of the loading portion from the raising portion side as seen in plan view and supports another portion of the sheet.
Claims19
A sheet accommodating apparatus comprising:
- a loading portion onto which a sheet is loaded;
- a lifting and lowering unit that lifts and lowers the loading portion;
- a raising portion that raises a sheet loading surface with respect to a lowermost lowering position of the loading portion and above which a portion of the sheet is loaded;
- and
- an extension portion that extends to a position outward of the loading portion from the raising portion side as seen in plan view and supports another portion of the sheet,
- wherein the sheet is supported by the loading portion or the raising portion and the extension portion,
- wherein the raising portion is disposed below the loading portion lifted to a predetermined position by the lifting and lowering unit.
An extension unit comprising:
- a raising portion that is attached to a sheet accommodating apparatus, raises a sheet loading surface with respect to a lowermost lowering position of a liftable and lowerable loading portion, and above which a portion of the sheet is loaded;
- and
- an extension portion that extends to a position outward of the loading portion from the raising portion side as seen in plan view and supports another portion of the sheet,
- wherein the sheet is supported by the loading portion or the raising portion and the extension portion,
- wherein the raising portion is disposed below the loading portion lifted to a predetermined position by the lifting and lowering unit.
A sheet accommodating apparatus comprising:
- a loading portion onto which a sheet is loaded;
- a lifting and lowering unit that lifts and lowers the loading portion;
- a raising portion that raises a sheet loading surface with respect to a lowermost lowering position of the loading portion and above which a portion of the sheet is loaded;
- and
- an extension portion that extends to a position outward of the loading portion from the raising portion side as seen in plan view and supports another portion of the sheet,
- wherein the sheet is supported by the loading portion or the raising portion and the extension portion,
- wherein the raising portion is disposed on the loading portion,
- wherein the extension portion is disposed beside the raising portion and is vertically fixed to an apparatus main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.