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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Tsugunao Toyooka, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsugunao Toyooka, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet end position regulating device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a first contact body disposed movable on a sheet loading portion on which a sheet is loaded and configured to contact an end portion of the sheet, a fixing body disposed movable between a fixing position at which a position of the first contact body to the sheet loading portion is fixed and a releasing position at which the position of the first contact body is released, and a second contact body disposed movable between a contact position at which the fixing body contacts a contact target portion to regulate movement of the fixing body form the fixing position to the releasing position and a non-contact position at which the fixing body does not contact the contact target portion.