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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2000
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet trailing edge restriction member ( ) according to the present invention has a main body ( ) disposed upright in a sheet holding portion. The main body ( ) is provided with a hook ( ) for fixing the main body upright to the sheet holding portion. The restriction member is attached to and detached from the sheet holding portion by deforming the hook ( ) toward a space ( ) defined between the hook and the main body. Unless the hook is deformed toward the space ( ), the restriction member cannot be detached from the sheet holding portion. The main body ( ) is provided with a rear support plate ( ) for supporting a rear end of a sheet stack. The rear support plate ( ) is displaceable so as to support the rear end of the sheet stack. An insert ( ) is provided integrally with the rear support plate ( ). The insert ( ) is usually inserted in the space ( ) to prevent the deformation of the hook ( ).
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