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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Toshiaki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Uchida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mitsuru Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Uchida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mitsuru Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a cassette configured to accommodate recording media, and a recording media feeding member configured to feed out the recording media accommodated in the cassette. The cassette includes a tray main body part including a stacking plate configured to have the recording media stacked thereon, and a recording media conveying guide part configured to detachably connect to the tray main body part. The recording media conveying guide part includes a raising member configured to raise the stacking plate toward the recording media feeding member, and a raising and lowering member connected to the raising member and configured to raise and lower the stacking plate.