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US 8,955,960 B2Granted
Tray unit and image recording device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuo Asada, Satoru Nakakita
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Abstract
A tray unit includes a first tray, a second tray, and a cover. The first tray includes a first holding surface for holding thereon a first sheet. The second tray includes a second holding surface for holding thereon a second sheet and is configured to slide above and along the first holding surface from a second position to a first position in a first sliding direction and from the first position to the second position in a second sliding direction opposite to the first sliding direction. The cover is configured to cover from above at least a part of the second tray when the second tray is in the second position.
Claims25
A tray unit comprising:
- a first tray comprising a first holding surface for holding thereon a first sheet;
- a second tray comprising a second holding surface for holding thereon a second sheet and configured to slide above and along the first holding surface from a second position to a first position in a first sliding direction and from the first position to the second position in a second sliding direction opposite to the first sliding direction;
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- a cover configured to cover from above at least a part of the second tray when the second tray is in the second position,
- wherein the second tray further comprises:
- a guide member standing upward with respect to the second holding surface and configured to move along the second holding surface and to contact an edge of the second sheet held on the second holding surface, and
- an operation member configured to be operated to move the guide member, and
- wherein the operation member is covered by the cover when the second tray is in the second position and is exposed from the cover when the second tray is in the first position.
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A tray unit comprising:
- a first tray comprising a first holding surface for holding thereon a first sheet;
- a second tray comprising a second holding surface for holding thereon a second sheet and configured to slide above and along the first holding surface from a second position to a first position in a first sliding direction and from the first position to the second position in a second sliding direction opposite to the first sliding direction;
- and
- a cover configured to cover from above at least a part of the second tray when the second tray is in the second position,
- wherein the second tray further comprises:
- a guide member standing upward with respect to the second holding surface and configured to move along the second holding surface and to contact an edge of the second sheet held on the second holding surface, and
- a first operation member configured to be operated to move the guide member, and
- wherein the cover has a first opening formed at a more upstream position than a downstream end of the cover in the first sliding direction such that the first operation member is exposed upward through the first opening.
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An image recording device comprising:
- a first tray comprising a first holding surface for holding thereon a first sheet;
- a second tray comprising a second holding surface for holding thereon a second sheet and configured to slide above and along the first holding surface from a second position to a first position in a first sliding direction and from the first position to the second position in a second sliding direction opposite to the first sliding direction;
- a cover configured to cover from above at least a part of the second tray when the second tray is in the second position;
- a feeder configured to feed the first sheet when the second tray is in the second position and to feed the second sheet when the second tray is in the first position;
- a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet fed by the feeder;
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- a discharging unit disposed above the cover and configured to discharge the sheet after the recording unit records the image on the sheet,
- wherein the second tray further comprises:
- a guide member standing upward with respect to the second holding surface and configured to move along the second holding surface and to contact an edge of the second sheet held on the second holding surface, and
- an operation member configured to be operated to move the guide member, and
- wherein the operation member is covered by the cover when the second tray is in the second position and is exposed from the cover when the second tray is in the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.