Supply tray and image forming apparatus for use therewith
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuo Asada, Yukio Shiohara, Keisuke Wakakusa
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Abstract
A supply tray includes a first tray configured to receive a stack of recording medium thereon, and a second tray configured to receive at least one recording medium thereon, which is different in size or type, or both, from the stack of recording medium received on the first tray. The second tray is disposed in an upper portion of the first tray and is slidable within a predetermined direction. The supply tray further includes a locking mechanism configured to place and to fix the second tray in position with respect to the first tray.
Claims23
A supply tray for use in an image forming apparatus comprises:
- a first tray configured to receive a stack of first recording mediums thereon,
- a second tray disposed in an upper portion of the first tray, such that the second tray is slidable in a predetermined direction, the second tray configured to receive at least one, second recording medium thereon, wherein the first recording medium is a different size, or type, or both, from the second recording medium;
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- a locking mechanism disposed at a side of the second tray parallel to the predetermined direction and configured to couple and hold the second tray at a predetermined position with respect to the first tray, and to inhibit the second tray from sliding in the predetermined direction and a direction opposite to the predetermined direction.
A supply tray comprising:
- a first tray configured to receive a recording medium;
- a second tray mounted on the first tray, wherein the second tray is configured to receive a recording medium and to slide between a first position and a second position with respect to the first tray;
- an engaging portion;
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- a first and a second engaged portion configured to engage with the engaging portion, wherein the engaging portion engages the first engaged portion when the second tray is positioned at the first position and the engaging portion engages the second engaged portion when the second tray is positioned at the second position, and the engaging portions disengages from the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion when the second tray is positioned at a predetermined position between the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.