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US 2017/0217698 A1Published application
Sheet storing apparatus, sheet feeding apparatus, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasatoshi Yoshida, Takao Nada
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Abstract
A height regulating portion is integrally formed with a pressing member provided in a first side regulating plate configured to regulate a position of a sheet in a sheet feed cassette, and the pressing member is provided turnably in the first side regulating plate and movably to project and retract positions. Then, when the sheet abuts with the height regulating portion and the height regulating portion is pressed from above by the sheet when the sheet is stored, the pressing member is moved, while turning, to the retract position.
Claims15
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
- a sheet feed portion configured to feed a sheet;
- and
- a sheet storing apparatus configured to store the sheet to be fed by the sheet feed portion and comprising a side regulating portion regulating a position of the sheet by abutting with a side end of the sheet stored in the sheet storing apparatus, the side regulating portion comprising:
- a body portion comprising a regulating surface facing the side end of the sheet to regulate the side end of the sheet;
- a pressing member comprising a pressing portion capable of projecting out of the body portion and of pressing the side end of the sheet, and a regulating portion formed integrally with an upper part of the pressing portion so as to project to a sheet side and regulating an upward move of the sheet stored in the sheet storing apparatus;
- an urging member configured to urge the pressing member such that the pressing member proj ects out of the body portion so that the pressing portion presses the side end of the sheet;
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- a holding portion configured to hold the pressing portion movably from a project position where the pressing portion projects out of the body portion to a retract position where the regulating portion enters within the body portion while inclining the pressing portion with respect to the regulating surface by resisting against the urging member when the regulating portion is pressed from above.
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A sheet storing apparatus comprising:
- a body configured to store a sheet;
- and
- a side regulating portion configured to abut against a side end of the stored sheet to regulate a position of the sheet, the side regulating portion comprising:
- a body portion comprising a regulating surface facing the side end of the sheet to regulate the side end of the sheet;
- a pressing member comprising a pressing portion projectable/retractable from the body portion and capable of pressing the side end of the sheet, and a regulating portion formed integrally with an upper part of the pressing portion so as to project to a widthwise inner side and regulating an upward move of the sheet stored in the sheet storing apparatus;
- an urging member configured to urge the pressing member such that the pressing member projects out of the body portion so that the pressing portion presses the side end of the sheet;
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- a holding portion configured to hold the pressing member movably from a project position where the pressing member projects out of the body portion to a retract position where the regulating portion enters within the body portion by resisting against the urging member when the regulating portion is pressed from above.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.