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US 6,364,309 B1Granted
Sheet accommodating device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiya Tomatsu
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Abstract
A sheet accommodating device is provided which always performs stable sheet feeding in accordance with sizes of sheets or the number of sheets to be stacked. A holder member that is movable back and forth supports a sheet pressing plate near the center of gravity of the sheets. The holder member is movable in accordance with the sizes of the sheets or the amount of stacked sheets, so that the sheets can be stacked and fed with stability.
Claims20
A sheet accommodating device, comprising:
- a stacking portion holding at least sheet thereon;
- a first urging member urging one end of the staking portion upward;
- and
- a support member movable back and forth relative to the stacking portion and supporting the stacking portion near a center of gravity of the at least one sheet on the stacking portion.
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An image forming apparatus including sheet accommodating device, the sheet accommodating device comprising:
- a stacking portion holding at least sheet thereon;
- a first urging member urging one end of the staking portion upward;
- and
- a support member movable back and forth relative to the stacking portion and supporting the stacking portion near a center of gravity of the at least one sheet on the stacking portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.