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US 6,659,451 B2Granted
Paper cassette for an image forming device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyung-Hwan Kim
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Abstract
A paper cassette for an image forming device includes a cassette body having a receiving section for receiving paper and a guide lever movably disposed on a bottom of the cassette body for slant arranging sides of the received paper. The guide lever includes a guiding portion, a base member, and a hinge shaft for hingedly connecting the guiding portion and the base member. A stopping portion on the base member restricts hinged movement of the guiding portion.
Claims30
A paper cassette for an image forming device, comprising:
- a cassette body having a receiving section in which paper is received;
- and
- a guide lever disposed on a bottom of the cassette body for arranging sides of the received paper in a sloped manner by hinging in a certain direction;
- wherein the receiving section includes a main surface having a first side on which said guide lever is disposed and a second side, opposite to the first side, on which an inclined plane is disposed, said guide lever having a slope corresponding to a slope of said inclined plane, said guide lever and said inclined plane cooperating to contact and slant arrange the received paper in a direction in which the paper is ejected;
- and
- wherein the guide lever comprises:
- a guiding portion movable between an arrange position for contacting and supporting sides of the paper received in the receiving section, and a release position for departing from the arrange position, the guiding portion elastically returning from the release position to the arrange position;
- a base member disposed on a bottom of the receiving section for hingedly supporting the guiding portion;
- and
- a hinge shaft for hingedly connecting the guiding portion to the base member.
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A paper cassette device for an image forming device, comprising:
- a cassette body having a receiving section in which paper is received;
- and
- a guide lever disposed on a bottom of the cassette body for arranging sides of the received paper in a sloped manner by hinging in a certain direction;
- wherein the receiving section includes a main surface having a first side on which said guide lever is disposed and a second side, opposite to the first side, on which an inclined plane is disposed, said guide lever having a slope corresponding to a slope of said inclined plane, said guide lever and said inclined plane cooperating to contact and slant arrange the received paper in a direction in which the paper is ejected;
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- wherein the guide lever comprises:
- a guiding portion movable between an arrange position for contacting and supporting sides of the paper received in the receiving section, and a release position for departing from the arrange position;
- and
- a hinge shaft for hingedly connecting the guiding portion to the bottom of the cassette body.
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A paper cassette for an image forming device, comprising:
- a cassette body having a receiving section in which paper is received;
- and
- a guide lever disposed on a bottom of the cassette body for arranging sides of the received paper in a sloped manner by hinging in a certain direction;
- wherein the guide lever comprises a guiding portion movable between an arrange position for contacting and supporting sides of the paper received in the receiving section, and a release position for departing from the arrange position, the guiding portion elastically returning from the release position to the arrange position, said guide lever further comprising a base member slidably disposed on a bottom of the receiving section for hingedly supporting the guiding portion;
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- wherein the guiding portion has a slope portion for slant arranging the paper toward a direction in which the paper is ejected, and the receiving section has an inclined plane, the slope portion having a slope corresponding to a slope of the inclined plane.
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A paper cassette for an image forming device, comprising;
- a cassette body having a receiving section in which paper is received;
- and
- a guide lever disposed on a bottom of the cassette body for arranging sides of the received paper in a sloped manner by hinging in a certain direction;
- wherein the guide lever comprises a guiding portion movable between an arrange position for contacting and supporting sides of the paper received in the receiving section, and a release position for departing from the arrange position, the guiding portion elastically returning from the release position to the arrange position, said guide lever further comprising a base member slidably disposed on a bottom of the receiving section for hingedly supporting the guiding portion;
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- wherein the receiving section has an inclined plane, the guide lever is disposed on a first side of the received paper, and the inclined plane is located on a second side, opposite to said first side, of said received paper.
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A paper cassette for an image forming device, comprising:
- a cassette body having a receiving section in which paper is received;
- and
- a guide lever disposed on a bottom of the cassette body for arranging sides of the received paper in a sloped manner by hinging in a certain direction;
- wherein the guide lever comprises a guiding portion movable between an arrange position for contacting and supporting sides of the paper received in the receiving section, and a release position for departing from the arrange position, and a base member slidably disposed on a bottom of the receiving section for hingedly supporting the guiding portion;
- wherein the guide lever further comprises an elastic member for elastically urging the guiding portion into the arrange position, the elastic member having one end connected to the guiding portion and another end connected to a wall extending from the base member at substantially a right angle with respect to the bottom of the receiving section;
- and
- wherein the receiving section has an inclined plane and the guide lever is disposed on a first side of the received paper and the inclined plane is located on a second side, opposite to said first side, of said received paper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.