Paper cassette feeder for easily removing paper jam and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKwang-taek Lim
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Abstract
A paper cassette feeder and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The paper cassette feeder includes: a main frame; a loading unit on which paper is loaded; a first paper guide which is tilted up with respect to the loading unit; and a second paper guide which is disposed at the first paper guide in a turnable manner, and is tilted up with respect to the first paper guide according to a position of the second paper guide. Accordingly, a paper cassette feeder can be easily separated from an image forming apparatus when paper is jammed in a paper feeding path, so as to remove a paper jam easily.
Claims24
A paper cassette feeder of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main frame;
- a loading unit on which paper is loaded;
- a first paper guide arranged at one end of the main frame, and tilted up with respect to the loading unit to guide each sheet of paper;
- and
- a second paper guide disposed at the first paper guide in a turnable manner, and tilted up with respect to the first paper guide according to a position of the second paper guide.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main frame;
- a printing unit mounted in the main frame, which prints an image onto a paper;
- a main cassette feeder detachably mounted in the main frame, which feeds the paper to the printing unit;
- a second cassette feeder located below the main cassette feeder, which supplies additional paper to the printing unit;
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- a third paper guide disposed in the main frame, which guides the paper fed from the main cassette feeder or the second cassette feeder to the printing unit,
- wherein the main cassette feeder includes a main frame, a loading unit on which paper is loaded, a first paper guide which is tilted up with respect to the loading unit, and a second paper guide which is disposed at the first paper guide in a turnable manner, and is tilted with up respect to the first paper guide according to a position of the second paper guide.
A paper cassette feeder for use in an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main frame;
- a loading unit disposed inside the main frame to load each sheet of paper;
- a first paper guide arranged at one end of the main frame, tilted up with respect to the loading unit to guide each sheet of paper picked up from the loading unit;
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- one or more second paper guides disposed at the first paper guide, to rotate between a first position for opening a paper feeding path through which each sheet of paper picked up from the loading unit is fed into the image forming apparatus and a second position for blocking the paper feeding path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.