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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Okazaki, Mishima, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supporting apparatus includes a positioning device to position a regulating portion to a sheet support. The positioning device includes a first group of teeth provided on the sheet support, a second group of teeth disposed at a position different from the first group of teeth provided on the sheet support, a third group of teeth provided on a regulator and capable of transiting to a first state of engaging with the first group of teeth and to a second state of engaging with less area of the first group of teeth than that in the first state, and a fourth group of teeth provided on the regulator and capable of transiting to a third state of engaging with the second group of teeth and to a fourth state of engaging with less area of the second group of teeth than that in the third state.