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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2022
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Shoichiro Nishimura, Yokkaichi, JP;
Kouichi Sugimoto, Nagakute, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supplying apparatus includes a supplying roller, a supply tray, and a lifting/lowering member having a protrusion. The pressure plate includes a pressure plate body and a contact member supported by the pressure plate body so as to be movable between a first position and a second position. The contact member is pushed up and lowered with the pressure plate body while being in contact with the protrusion at the first position in a state in which the protrusion is placed below the pressure plate body. The contact member moves to the second position at which the contact member is escaped from the lifting/lowering member when the protrusion moves from a position higher than the pressure plate toward a position lower than the pressure plate. The contact member moves to the first position when the lifting/lowering member moves to the position lower than the pressure plate.