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US 12,615,339 B2Granted
Sheet supply apparatus, image reading apparatus, and recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuki Matsuo, Kuniaki Sato
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Abstract
A sheet supply apparatus includes a tray on which a sheet is to be placed, a regulation guide, a supporting body, and a rotating body. The regulation guide is disposed to the tray and regulates a side end of the sheet in a width direction when the sheet is conveyed in a conveyance direction. The supporting body includes a first teeth part and moves in the width direction together with the regulation guide. The rotating body includes a second teeth part engaging with the first teeth part of the supporting body and rotates with movement of the supporting body. The second teeth part is displaced to the rotating body based on a position of the regulation guide.
Claims19
A sheet supply apparatus comprising:
- a tray on which a sheet is to be placed;
- a regulation guide disposed to the tray and configured to regulate a side end of the sheet in a width direction by moving between a first position and a second position;
- a supporting body including a first teeth part and configured to move in the width direction together with the regulation guide;
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- a rotating body including an elastic part having a second teeth part engaging with the first teeth part of the supporting body and configured to rotate with movement of the supporting body,
- wherein the first teeth part has a linear form and includes a fixed end that is fixed to the supporting body and a free end that is not fixed to the supporting body,
- wherein the elastic part is provided on an outer periphery of the rotating body and includes a fixed end that is fixed to the rotating body and a free end that is not fixed to the rotating body, and
- wherein a free end side of the second teeth comes into contact with the fixed end side of the first teeth in case that the regulation guide is at the first position and a fixed end side of the second teeth comes into contact with the free end side of the first teeth in case that the regulation member is at the second position.
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An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a tray on which a sheet is to be placed;
- a regulation guide disposed to the tray and configured to regulate a side end of the sheet in a width direction by moving between a first position and a second position;
- a supporting body including a first teeth part and configured to move in the width direction together with the regulation guide;
- a rotating body including an elastic part having a second teeth part engaging with the first teeth part of the supporting body and configured to rotate with movement of the supporting body;
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- a reading unit configured to read an image of the sheet supplied from the tray,
- wherein the first teeth part has a linear form and includes a fixed end that is fixed to the supporting body and a free end that is not fixed to the supporting body,
- wherein the elastic part is divided into two separate parts, with each of the two separate parts having a cantilever form, and is provided on an outer periphery of the rotating body, including a fixed end that is fixed to the rotating body and a free end that is not fixed to the rotating body, and
- wherein the free end side of the comes into contact with the fixed end side of the first teeth in case that the regulation guide is at the first position and the fixed end side of the second teeth comes into contact with the free end side of the first teeth in case that the regulation member is at the second position.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a tray on which a sheet is to be placed;
- a regulation guide disposed to the tray and configured to regulate a side end of the sheet in a width direction by moving between a first position and a second position;
- a supporting body including a first teeth part and configured to move in the width direction together with the regulation guide;
- a rotating body including an elastic part having a second teeth part engaging with the first teeth part of the supporting body and configured to rotate with movement of the supporting body;
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- a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet supplied from the tray,
- wherein the first teeth part has a linear form and includes a fixed end that is fixed to the supporting body and a free end that is not fixed to the supporting body,
- wherein the elastic part is divided into two separate parts and is provided on an outer periphery of the rotating body, including a fixed end that is fixed to the rotating body and a free end that is not fixed to the rotating body, with each of the two separate parts having a cantilever form, and
- wherein the free end side of the second teeth comes into contact with the fixed end side of the first teeth in case that the regulation guide is at the first position and the fixed end side of the second teeth comes into contact with the free end side of the first teeth in case that the regulation member is at the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.