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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Hirotaka Aoki, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuo Asada, Kuwana, JP;
Shinichi Hisada, Tokoname, JP;
Ryuji Yamamoto, Handa, JP;
Hirotaka Aoki, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuo Asada, Kuwana, JP;
Shinichi Hisada, Tokoname, JP;
Ryuji Yamamoto, Handa, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A feeding apparatus includes an apparatus main body; a feeding section which feeds sheets in a feeding orientation; a feed tray which has a first tray to load some of the sheets, and a second tray provided above the first tray to load the rest of the sheets, and which is movable relative to the apparatus main body along the feeding orientation; and a guide which guides the sheets by contact with the sheets fed by the feeding section. At an end portion of the first tray on the downstream side in the feeding orientation, a first projective portion is formed to project upward and have a supporting portion capable of supporting the second tray on its upper end, and a second projective portion is formed to project upward from a different position from the first projective portion in a width direction perpendicular to the feeding orientation.