Supply Tray And Image Forming Apparatus For Use Therewith
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuo Asada, Yukio Shiohara, Keisuke Wakakusa
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Abstract
A supply tray includes a first tray configured to receive a stack of recording medium thereon, and a second tray configured to receive at least one recording medium thereon, which is different in size or type, or both, from the stack of recording medium received on the first tray. The second tray is disposed in an upper portion of the first tray and is slidable within a predetermined direction. The supply tray further includes a locking mechanism configured to place and to fix the second tray in position with respect to the first tray.
Claims14
A supply tray for use in an image forming apparatus comprises:
- a first tray configured to receive a stack of first recording mediums thereon,
- a second tray disposed in an upper portion of the first tray, such that the second tray is slidable in a predetermined direction, the second tray configured to receive at least one, second recording medium thereon, wherein the first recording medium is a different size, or type, or both, from the second recording medium;
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- a locking mechanism configured to secure the second tray at a predetermined position with respect to the first tray.
A supply tray comprises:
- a first tray means for receiving a stack of first recording mediums thereon,
- a second tray means for receiving at least one, second recording medium thereon, wherein the first recording medium is a different size or type, or both, from the second recording medium, the second tray means disposed in an upper portion of the first tray means in a predetermined direction;
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- means for locking the second tray means in position with respect to the first tray means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.