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US 9,802,772 B2Granted
Long length sheet loader and image forming apparatus incorporating the long length sheet loader
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKiho Sai
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Abstract
A long sheet loader, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes an attaching device and a base loading body. The attaching device is attached to a bypass tray configured to be openable or closable relative to a side face of an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus. The base loading body is attached to the bypass tray via the attaching device and movably in a sheet feeding direction of the bypass tray. The base loading body loads a long length sheet set on the bypass tray in a case in which a length of the long length sheet exceeds a length of the bypass tray.
Claims19
A sheet loader comprising:
- an attaching device, attachable to a bypass tray of an image forming apparatus, configured to be openable or closable relative to a side face of an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus;
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- a base loading body, attached to the bypass tray via the attaching device, configured to be movable in a sheet feeding direction of the bypass tray,
- the base loading body being configured to load a sheet set on the bypass tray in a case in which a length of the sheet exceeds a length of the bypass tray,
- wherein, upon the base loading body being pulled out from the bypass tray, the attaching device is configured to support the base loading body with respect to the bypass tray, and
- wherein the attaching device includes a locking portion to hold the base loading body in an angled state, in which the base loading body is configured to be in an open position at an angle of inclination upon the base loading body rotating toward the apparatus body from a horizontal state with respect to the bypass tray.
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A sheet loader comprising:
- an attaching device, attachable to a bypass tray of an image forming apparatus, configured to be openable or closable relative to a side face of an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus;
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- a base loading body, attached to the bypass tray via the attaching device, configured to be movable in a sheet feeding direction of the bypass tray, the base loading body being configured to load a sheet set on the bypass tray in a case in which a length of the sheet exceeds a length of the bypass tray;
- an extendable loading body, movably attached to the base loading body in the sheet feeding direction of the base loading body, to load the sheet across the bypass tray and the base loading body in a case in which the length of the sheet exceeds a sum of a length of the bypass tray and a length of the base loading body;
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- an auxiliary loading body, attached to the apparatus body of the image forming apparatus, to hold a leading end of the sheet loaded across the bypass tray, the base loading body, and the extendable loading body with the leading end of the sheet turned upward toward the apparatus body.
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A sheet loader comprising:
- an attaching device, attachable to a bypass tray of an image forming apparatus, configured to be openable or closable relative to a side face of an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a base loading body, attached to the bypass tray via the attaching device, configured to be movable in a sheet feeding direction of the bypass tray, the base loading body being configured to load a sheet set on the bypass tray in a case in which a length of the sheet exceeds a length of the bypass tray,
- wherein the attaching device includes a guide to support the base loading body and guide movement of the base loading body and wherein the attaching device further includes a pressing body, configured to press a contact face of the base loading body with an elastic force against the guide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.