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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Taisuke Hyodo, Susono, JP;
Masaki Iwase, Mishima, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supporting apparatus includes a supporting portion to support a sheet, and a regulation unit to regulate a position of an edge of the supported sheet. The regulation unit includes a body portion, an engagement portion to move between an engagement position at which the engagement portion engages with the supporting portion and a separation position at which the engagement portion is separated away from the supporting portion, and an operation portion to move the engagement portion between the engagement position and the separation position. The operation portion is pivotably supported by the body portion and includes a pressing portion to press the engagement portion from the engagement position to the separation position by the operation portion being pivoted. In addition, a fixing component fixes the operation portion to be immovable with respect to the body portion so as to retain the engagement portion at the engagement position.