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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Masamitsu Ukai, Nagoya, JP;
Wei Ming Wang, Toyoake, JP;
Masamitsu Ukai, Nagoya, JP;
Wei Ming Wang, Toyoake, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus may include a first tray configured to accommodate one or more recording sheets to be supplied to an image forming unit, a pair of body frames disposed to sandwich therebetween an upper part of the first tray, a pair of expansion members disposed under the pair of body frames to sandwich therebetween a lower part of the first tray, a plurality of first connectors configured to connect the pair of body frames with the pair of expansion members, an under bar bridged between the pair of expansion members, and a second connector configured to connect one of the expansion members with the under bar. The expansion member connected with the second connector may be configured such that a phantom line, which extends through the expansion member in a direction parallel to the attaching-detaching direction of the first tray, is in line with the second connector.