Feed mechanism, image forming apparatus, and feed tray
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKengo Noda, Gakuro Kanazawa, Satoshi Miyase, Yuki Tsujmura
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Abstract
A feed mechanism includes: a feed tray accommodating a roll body, a first sheet-shaped medium being rolled in a roll shape as the roll body, the feed tray including: a first accommodation portion accommodating the roll body; a pair of side walls respectively provided on both sides of the first accommodation portion in an axial direction of the roll body that is accommodated in the first accommodation portion; and a side guide disposed inside the pair of side walls.
Claims6
A feed tray configured to be detachably inserted to a housing of an image forming apparatus, the feed tray comprising:
- a first accommodation portion configured to accommodate a roll body in which a sheet-shaped medium is rolled;
- a bottom wall that defines a bottom surface of an introduction path for guiding the sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll body in a guiding direction, the bottom wall extending in the guiding direction;
- a member that defines an upper surface of the introduction path, the member extending in the guiding direction;
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- a side guide configured to be movable to be contactable with the sheet-shaped medium located within the introduction path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.