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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kentarou Tomoe, Susono, JP;
Yasuhiko Fuse, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/0684 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); G03G 15/6511 (2013.01); G03G 21/1695 (2013.01); B65H 2402/32 (2013.01); B65H 2601/324 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01);
Abstract
A supply unit holds a supply unit including a pickup roller for supplying a sheet, enables the supply unit including the pickup roller to be installed into an image forming apparatus, and includes a roller-protecting member. The roller-protecting member has a roller-protecting surface that covers the pickup roller of the supply unit and includes engaging pawls that can engage and integrally hold the supply unit including the pickup roller with the roller-protecting surface covering the pickup roller.