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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Yasuo Matsuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Takamitsu Ikematsu, Osaka, JP;
Masafumi Takahira, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Hanashima, Hyogo, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Matsuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Takamitsu Ikematsu, Osaka, JP;
Masafumi Takahira, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Hanashima, Hyogo, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Tokyo, 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, and a frame to support the recording media container and the sheet feeding unit. The recording media container is detachably attachable to the frame in a first operation in which the recording media container is moved in a sheet conveyance direction in which the recording medium is conveyed upstream or downstream by the sheet feeding unit, and the recording media container is separated from the frame and the sheet feeding unit with the sheet feeding unit 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 sheet feeding unit.