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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Jumpei Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Shiga, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideto Higaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Tsunoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Jumpei Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Shiga, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideto Higaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Tsunoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet container includes a bottom plate, a regulating body, and a holding body. The bottom plate is disposed movable and has a bottom plate-side contact portion. The regulating body regulates a position of a trailing end of a sheet. The holding body has a holding body-side contact portion and to hold the regulating body. The bottom plate and the holding body have a gap between the bottom plate-side contact portion of the bottom plate and the holding body-side contact portion of the holding body in a state in which the bottom plate is not rotated. The bottom plate-side contact portion of the bottom plate and the holding body-side contact portion of the holding body contact with each other along with rotation of the bottom plate. The holding body moves to a downstream side in a sheet feeding direction in conjunction with the rotation of the bottom plate.