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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Yasuo Matsuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Takamitsu Ikematsu, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Yasuo Matsuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Takamitsu Ikematsu, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh, Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supplying device that is incorporatable in an image forming apparatus includes a recording media container, a sheet feeding unit to feed a recording medium from the recording media container, a frame to support the recording media container and the sheet feeding unit, and a holder to hold the recording media container by surrounding an outer circumference of the recording media container. The recording media container is detachably attachable to the frame in a first operation in which the recording media container is moved in a direction parallel to a sheet conveyance direction and the recording media container is separated from the frame and the holder with the holder remaining in the frame, and a second operation in which the recording media container is moved in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction and the recording media container is separated from the frame together with the holder.