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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Satoru Yonemoto, Osaka, JP;
Yukihiro Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Satoru Yonemoto, Osaka, JP;
Yukihiro Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet cassette () according to the present invention has a double structure portion () including an upper plate () and a lower plate (). The lower plate () has a first guide groove () elongated widthwise of a sheet to be contained in the cassette and having a plurality of inch-based size engagement recesses () and a plurality of centimeter-based size engagement recesses arranged longitudinally thereof. The upper plate () is movable along the lower plate () widthwise of the sheet to be contained in the cassette. The inch-based size engagement recesses () are effectuated by locating the upper plate () at a first position, and the centimeter-based size engagement recesses are effectuated by locating the upper plate () at a second position. The sheet cassette () further has a width limiting plate slidable widthwise of the sheet to be contained in the cassette according to the width of the sheet. A claw engageable with the effectuated inch-based size or centimeter-based size engagement recesses is attached to the width limiting plate.