Medium storage device, image forming device and medium storage system
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorTakashi KOBAYASHI
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Abstract
A medium storage device that is covered by a dust cover and that stores a recording medium, includes: a guide member that is extendably and retractably provided in the medium storage device and that restricts a position of an edge part of the recording medium; and a lock member that locks the guide member and that releases the lock status of the guide member when the lock member moves in a first direction so as to allow the guide member to extend and retract, wherein the movement of the lock member in the first direction is restricted by the dust cover so that the guide member is stably locked.
Claims13
A medium storage device that is covered by a dust cover and that stores a recording medium, comprising:
- a guide member that is extendably and retractably provided in the medium storage device and that restricts a position of an edge part of the recording medium;
- and
- a lock member that locks the guide member and that releases the lock status of the guide member when the lock member moves in a first direction so as to allow the guide member to extend and retract, wherein
- the movement of the lock member in the first direction is restricted by the dust cover so that the guide member is stably locked.
A medium storage system, comprising:
- a medium storage device that stores a recording medium, the medium storage device including
- a guide member that is extendable and retractable in accordance with the size of the recording medium, and that guides a longitudinal edge part of the recording medium, and
- a lock member that moves together with the guide member, and that is slightly movable in order to take two positions:
- one for locking the guide member, the other for unlocking the guide member;
- and
- a dust cover that is attached to the guide member in order to move together with the guide member and that covers a top surface of the medium storage device, the dust cover including an abutment member that abuts with the lock member such that the position of the lock member remains locked while the dust cover is attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.