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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Munekazu Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Takashi Fujimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Kozo Yamazaki, Hyogo, JP;
Toshio Yamaki, Osaka, JP;
Munekazu Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Takashi Fujimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Kozo Yamazaki, Hyogo, JP;
Toshio Yamaki, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feed tray to stack a sheet to be conveyed to an image forming apparatus includes a platen on which a first portion of the sheet is placed; a pair of first support portions to support a second portion of the sheet folded back upward at a trailing end of the first portion; and a pair of second support portions to support a third portion of the sheet folded back upward at a trailing end of the second portion. In the sheet feed tray, the first support portions and the second support portions are reciprocally movable toward each other, and a distance between the second support portions is wider than a distance between the first support portions.