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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1992
Hirotaka Toki, Kashihara, JP;
Hiranaga Yamamoto, Nara, JP;
Osamu Wakuda, Yamatotakada, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagao, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A rotatable cassette-type paper feeding apparatus includes a tray, a turning member mounted rotatably on the tray. A first rotating device is used for rotating the turning member, a plurality of paper cassettes installed rotatably on the turning member. A second rotating device is used for rotating the paper cassette in a paper feeding side, and a controller which controls the first rotating device to interchange the paper cassettes in the paper feeding side and in the non-paper-feeding side and which controls the second rotating device to switch the position of the paper cassette in the paper feeding side between sideways and lengthways. This structure achieves a compact rotatable cassette-type paper feeding apparatus capable of storing sheets of paper of various sizes and of feeding the paper sheets both sideways and lengthways by switching their positions.