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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Tatsuo Nishiyama, Suntou-gun, JP;
Tatsuo Nishiyama, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet cassette includes a cassette main body, an intermediate plate, a pressure spring, and a first rear end restriction member provided slidably along a sheet feeding direction and restricting a rear end of a sheet. The sheet cassette also includes a second rear end restriction member provided slidably in the first rear end restriction member along the sheet feeding direction and restricting the rear end of the sheet. The first rear end restriction member includes a first height restriction portion restricting a height of a sheet of a predetermined size loaded in the cassette main body to a first height. The second rear end restriction member includes a second height restriction portion restricting a height of a sheet of a size smaller than the predetermined size loaded in the cassette main body to a second height smaller than the first height.