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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2010
Applicant:
Kiyonori Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyonori Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus () is equipped with a left-side cover (), manual supply tray (), a carry guide () and a lift plate (), and these are rotatably supported by a third shaft (). The apparatus is reduced in size and a protrusion length L of the lift plate () is enlarged. The change in inclination angle of the lift plate () is reduced and a paper-sheet supply characteristic, even when the amount of paper sheets placed on the manual supply tray () changes, is stabilized.