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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Hidekazu Amamoto, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Takamori, Saitama, JP;
Toru Ozawa, Saitama, JP;
Shinya Hara, Saitama, JP;
Hidekazu Amamoto, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Takamori, Saitama, JP;
Toru Ozawa, Saitama, JP;
Shinya Hara, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supply cassette includes a main frame body and an auxiliary frame body slidable with respect to the main frame body. In the main frame body, there is disposed a sheet placement plate which moves up and down according to the residual quantity of sheets placed, and there is disposed a sheet residual quantity display mechanism which displays the sheet residual quantity according to the upward and downward movements of the sheet placement plate. The display mechanism includes a sheet residual quantity detect portion for detecting the residual quantity of sheets, a sheet residual quantity display portion disposed on the front surface cover portion of the auxiliary frame body, and a connecting portion for connecting together the sheet residual quantity detect portion and sheet residual quantity display portion, while the connecting portion can be expanded and contracted according to the expansion and contraction of the sheet supply cassette.