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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2007
Norichika Katsura, Nara, JP;
Tadasu Taniguchi, Nara, JP;
Masaharu Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Fujita, Nara, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Nara, JP;
Norichika Katsura, Nara, JP;
Tadasu Taniguchi, Nara, JP;
Masaharu Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Fujita, Nara, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body having an image forming section; a sheet feed section having a sheet cassette that accommodates a recording sheet and can be drawn out and loaded to the main body; and a sheet misalignment preventing mechanism that intermittently comes into contact with an uppermost recording sheet in the sheet cassette so as to prevent misalignment of the recording sheet in a loading direction when the sheet cassette drawn out of the main body is reloaded.