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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Matsushima, Susono, JP;
Takaaki Kawade, Odawara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/08 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet stacking portion is provided in a sheet storing portion in which sheets are stored. The sheet stacking portion is suspended by a wire which is wound up and wound off. The sheet stacking portion is raised and lowered by winding up and winding off the wire. Then, when the wire is in a slack state, a fixing portion fixes the sheet stacking portion to the sheet storing portion. When the wire is in a tensioned state, the fixing of the sheet stacking portion is released.