Feed tray and image forming apparatus including the same
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuya TATEMATSU, Satoshi MIYASE, Hideaki YOSHIMUNE
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Abstract
A feed tray configured to accommodate a roll, in which a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape, the feed tray includes: a support portion configured to contact an outer peripheral surface of a lower portion of the roll at two support positions with a lower end of the roll being interposed therebetween and to rotatably support the roll; and a path having an inlet disposed between the two support positions and configured to guide the sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll. The two support positions are shifted from each other in an upper-lower direction.
Claims20
A feed tray configured to accommodate a roll, in which a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape, the feed tray comprising:
- a support portion configured to contact an outer peripheral surface of a lower portion of the roll at two support positions with a lower end of the roll being interposed therebetween and to rotatably support the roll;
- and
- a path having an inlet disposed between the two support positions and configured to guide the sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll,
- wherein the two support positions are shifted from each other in an upper-lower direction.
A feed tray configured to accommodate a roll, in which a sheet-shaped medium is rolled into a roll shape, the feed tray comprising:
- a support portion configured to rotatably support the roll;
- and
- a contact member configured to contact at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of a lower portion of the roll and to restrict a movement of the roll in a rotation direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.