Medium supplying apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorsTatsuya Murakami, Takahiro Sunohara
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Abstract
A medium supplying apparatus is assembled to an image forming apparatus. A medium tray supports a medium thereon, and is pivotal about a first axis and extends from the first axis. The medium tray has a guide path that extends in the first radial direction. A feeder frame has a pickup roller rotatablly mounted to the feeder frame, and is pivotal about a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis. The medium tray and the feeder frame are drivingly coupled via a link. When the medium tray pivots to its open position or closed position, the link transmits the motion of the medium tray to the feeder frame in such a way that the feeder frame drivingly pivots to its open position or closed position.
Claims19
A medium supplying apparatus assembled to an image forming apparatus, the medium supplying apparatus comprising:
- a medium tray that supports a stack of medium thereon, said medium tray being pivotal relative to the image forming apparatus;
- a medium feeding section that feeds the medium from said medium tray;
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- a link having one end in engagement with said medium tray and another end in engagement with said medium feeding section;
- wherein when said medium tray pivots to an open position, said medium feeding section extends outwardly from the image forming apparatus;
- wherein when said medium tray pivots to a closed position, said medium feeding section is accommodated into the image forming apparatus;
- wherein said medium feeding section is pivotally mounted to the image forming apparatus;
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- wherein said link is pivotal about a pivotal axis of said medium feeding section and is in slidable engagement with said medium tray, so that as said medium tray pivots, said medium feeding section pivots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.