Back to results
US 2014/0319757 A1Published application
Feeding device, feeding cassette, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Kawamura
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
There is provided a feeding device for feeding a sheet in which, when a user operates a knob of a second regulating portion disposed on a front side to move the second regulating portion, locking of a first regulating portion disposed on a rear side can be released.
Claims19
A feeding device for feeding a sheet, the feeding device comprising:
- a stacking portion on which the sheet is to be stacked;
- a first positioning portion, which is disposed movably in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction and is in contact with an edge portion of the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, configured to regulate a position of the sheet;
- a second positioning portion, which is disposed movably in the first direction and the second direction and is in contact with an edge portion of the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, configured to regulate the position of the sheet;
- an interlocking portion configured to move the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion in conjunction with each other;
- a first regulating portion configured to regulate a movement of the first positioning portion;
- and
- a first release portion configured to release, when the second positioning portion is moved in the first direction or the second direction, the regulation of the movement of the first positioning portion performed by the first regulating portion.
4 more elements
A feeding cassette capable of being inserted in and pulled out from a main body of an apparatus, the feeding cassette comprising:
- a stacking portion on which a sheet is to be stacked;
- a first positioning portion, which is disposed movably in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction and is in contact with an edge portion of the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, configured to regulate a position of the sheet;
- a second positioning portion, which is disposed movably in the first direction and the second direction and is in contact with an edge portion of the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, configured to regulate the position of the sheet;
- an interlocking portion configured to move the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion in conjunction to each other;
- a first regulating portion configured to regulate a movement of the first positioning portion;
- a first release portion configured to release, when the second positioning portion is moved in the first direction or the second direction, the regulation by the first regulating portion.
3 more elements
A feeding cassette capable of being inserted in and pulled out from a main body of an apparatus, the feeding cassette comprising:
- a stacking portion on which a sheet is to be stacked;
- a first positioning portion, which is disposed movably in an insertion direction and a pullout direction of the feeding cassette and is in contact with an edge portion of the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, configured to regulate a position of the sheet;
- a second positioning portion, which is disposed more on a front side than the first positioning portion in the insertion direction of the feeding cassette, is disposed movably in the insertion direction and the pullout direction of the feeding cassette, and is in contact with an edge portion of the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, configured to regulate the position of the sheet;
- and
- a movement portion configured to move the second positioning portion, which has been moved in the insertion direction of the feeding cassette, in the pullout direction of the feeding cassette.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.