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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Takamitsu Ikematsu, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Takamitsu Ikematsu, Osaka, JP;
Yasuo Matsuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feed unit includes a medium container configured to contain sheet-like recording media; a bottom plate disposed in the medium container and configured to accommodate the recording media thereon; a sheet feed device configured to feed out the recording media contained in the medium container; a main body of the sheet feed unit, which the medium container can be inserted into and pulled out from, including the sheet feed device; and a displaying member configured to display a remaining level of the recording media in the medium container, the displaying member including a first display oriented in a first direction and a second display oriented in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The sheet feed unit improves a freeness in the observable range of the displaying member and the remaining level of the recording media in the medium container can be more accurately ascertained.