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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
Tetsuo Asada, Kuwana, JP;
Koji Takito, Nisshin, JP;
Takatoshi Takemoto, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuo Asada, Kuwana, JP;
Koji Takito, Nisshin, JP;
Takatoshi Takemoto, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
At the lower end of a sheet-supporting surface, there is provided a fixed separation plate from and into the upper surface of which a separating device elongated in the sheet feed direction can protrude and retract. On either side thereof, there are provided first movable separation plates that can be inclined below the fixed separation plate. Stopper members are urged by an urging spring so as to pivot to a position below the supper surfaces of the first movable separation plates. When a pivoting operation lever is rotated, an operation arm is pressed by a cam mounted to an operation shaft through an operating portion, a second link, and a first link to upwardly rotate the stopper members, raising the lower edges of the stacked sheets above the upper surfaces of the separation plates to maintain the stacked set state.