Sheet feed cassette and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsHirofumi Kuroki, Takashi Tamura, Hajime Sejima, Mikiya Kitagawa
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Abstract
A sheet feed cassette is a sheet feed cassette in which a sheet is stored, the sheet feed cassette being mountable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus, the sheet feed cassette including a mounting portion and a cover. The mounting portion is formed so as to be recessed in a front surface of the sheet feed cassette. One or a plurality of information display members on which information concerning the sheet is described can be inserted to and pulled out from the mounting portion. The cover is capable of opening/closing relative to the mounting portion and has a surface flush with the front surface of the sheet feed cassette in a state where the cover is closed.
Claims10
A sheet feed cassette in which a sheet to be supplied to an image forming apparatus is stored, the sheet feed cassette being mountable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus, the sheet feed cassette comprising:
- a mounting portion integrally formed with the sheet feed cassette so as to be recessed in a front surface of the sheet feed cassette and into and from which one or a plurality of information display members on which information concerning the sheet is described can be inserted and pulled out;
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- a cover capable of opening/closing relative to the mounting portion and having a surface flush with the front surface of the sheet feed cassette in a state where the cover is closed, wherein
- the mounting portion has:
- a holding surface on which each information display member is held;
- and an inclined surface that is recessed at an upstream side with respect to the holding surface in an insertion direction of the information display members and along the insertion direction gradually toward the holding surface.
A sheet feed cassette in which a sheet is stored, the sheet feed cassette being mountable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus, the sheet feed cassette comprising:
- a mounting portion formed so as to be recessed in a front surface of the sheet feed cassette and into and from which one or a plurality of information display members on which information concerning the sheet is described can be inserted and pulled out;
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- a cover capable of opening/closing relative to the mounting portion and having a surface flush with the front surface of the sheet feed cassette in a state where the cover is closed, wherein
- the mounting portion has a holding surface on which each information display member is held, and an inclined surface that is recessed at an upstream side with respect to the holding surface in an insertion direction of the information display members and along the insertion direction gradually toward the holding surface;
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- the cover has an inclination that is formed at a position corresponding to the inclined surface of the mounting portion and is inclined in the same direction as the inclined surface and more steeply than the inclined surface.
A sheet feed cassette in which a sheet to be supplied to an image forming apparatus is stored, the sheet feed cassette being mountable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus, the sheet feed cassette comprising:
- a mounting portion integrally formed with the sheet feed cassette so as to be recessed in a front surface of the sheet feed cassette and into and from which one or a plurality of information display members on which information concerning the sheet is described can be inserted and pulled out;
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- a cover capable of opening/closing relative to the mounting portion and having a surface flush with the front surface of the sheet feed cassette in a state where the cover is closed, wherein
- the cover includes a rotation shaft and an engagement portion;
- the rotation shaft supports one of opposite ends of the cover such that the cover can be opened and closed relative to the mounting portion;
- the engagement portion maintains a closed state of the other of the opposite ends of the cover;
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- the mounting portion includes a to-be-engaged portion to which the engagement portion is fitted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.