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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2013
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Fukunaga, Osaki, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feed cassette includes an end cursor, a pair of gears, and a pair of racks. The end cursor regulates a rear end position of stored paper sheets in the sheet feed direction. The end cursor is slidable in the conveyance direction. The pair of gears are rotatably provided on a lower surface of a base portion of the end cursor and have the same module and the same number of teeth. The pair of racks are provided on a bottom surface of a cassette main body in parallel with each other along a slide direction of the end cursor. The pair of racks respectively mesh with the pair of gears. This makes it possible to prevent a defect such as skewing, a folded edge, or a wrinkle from occurring, allowing the end cursor to slide smoothly with excellent operability.