Tray unit and image recording device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuo ASADA, Satoru NAKAKITA
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Abstract
A tray unit includes a first tray, a second tray, and a cover. The first tray includes a first holding surface for holding thereon a first sheet. The second tray includes a second holding surface for holding thereon a second sheet and is configured to slide above and along the first holding surface from a second position to a first position in a first sliding direction and from the first position to the second position in a second sliding direction opposite to the first sliding direction. The cover is configured to cover from above at least a part of the second tray when the second tray is in the second position.
Claims26
A tray unit comprising:
- a first tray comprising a first holding surface for holding thereon a first sheet:
- a second tray comprising a second holding surface for holding thereon a second sheet and configured to slide above and along the first holding surface from a second position to a first position in a first sliding direction and from the first position to the second position in a second sliding direction opposite to the first sliding direction;
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- a cover configured to cover from above at least a part of the second tray when the second tray is in the second position.
An image recording device comprising:
- a first tray comprising a first holding surface for holding thereon a first sheet;
- a second tray comprising a second holding surface for holding thereon a second sheet and configured to slide above and along the first holding surface from a second position to a first position in a first sliding direction and from the first position to the second position in a second sliding direction opposite to the first sliding direction;
- a cover configured to cover from above at least a part of the second tray when the second tray is in the second position;
- a feeder configured to feed the first sheet when the second tray is in the second position and to feed the second sheet when the second tray is in the first position;
- a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet fed by the feeder;
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- a discharging unit disposed above the cover and configured to discharge the sheet after the recording unit records the image on the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.