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US 9,193,544 B2Granted
Sheet stacking device, sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomohito Nakagawa, Hideki Kushida
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Abstract
A sheet stacking device includes a base member and a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet is stacked. The sheet stacking portion is supported by the base member swingably in a first direction orthogonal to a second direction, and swings and changes an inclination angle for holding the stacked sheet.
Claims18
A sheet stacking device comprising:
- a base member;
- a first sheet stacking portion which is swingably supported on the base member in a first direction;
- and
- a second sheet stacking portion which is swingably supported on the base member in the first direction and is arrayed with the first sheet stacking portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction,
- wherein the second sheet stacking portion is swingable independently from the first sheet stacking portion.
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A sheet feeding device comprising:
- a base member;
- a first sheet stacking portion which is swingably supported on the base member in a first direction;
- a second sheet stacking portion which is swingably supported on the base member in the first direction and is arrayed with the first sheet stacking portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the second sheet stacking portion being swingable independently from the first sheet stacking portion;
- a liftable supporting portion supporting the base member;
- a driving mechanism driving the liftable supporting portion;
- and
- a feed portion for feeding a sheet stacked on the first sheet stacking portion and the second sheet stacking portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.