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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Makoto Kashimura, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet receiving apparatus includes a tray swingably supported by an apparatus main body so that it is selectively put to a state of use, in which sheets can be loaded thereon, and to a state of accommodation and a regulation unit abutted against the tray for regulating the swing motion thereof to keep the state of accommodation, wherein the center of swing of the tray is arranged movably and the tray can be shifted to the state of use by releasing the swing thereof regulated by the regulation unit by moving the center of swing thereof. With this arrangement, the sheet receiving apparatus can be highly reliably arranged without an increase in a cost and has no possibility of the deformation and breakage of the parts thereof.