Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Koichi Okabe

Naomasa Okimura

Hidekazu Amamoto

Yusaku Hashimoto

A sheet feed cassette to be installed to a sheet feed unit of an image forming apparatus. The sheet feed cassette includes a frame unit having at least a side frame and a bottom frame; a bottom plate, provided above the bottom frame of the frame unit, for placing and supporting sheets thereon, the bottom plate being capable of moving up and down; a pushing-up unit, provided at a front end portion of a sheet feed side of the bottom plate, for pushing up the bottom plate with respect to the bottom frame of the frame unit when the sheet feed cassette is installed to the sheet feed unit of the image forming apparatus; and a spring, provided at an end portion opposite to the sheet feed side of the bottom plate, for urging up the bottom plate with respect to the bottom frame of the frame unit.

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Saitama, Japan

Koichi Okabe