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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Tahara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Hotani, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A manual paper feeder includes is for installation at a side surface of a main body of an image forming apparatus. When the first auxiliary tray is located at an extension position in a state where the second auxiliary tray is housed downwards, an abutment between an upstream side end edge of the side surface cover and an inferior surface of the second auxiliary tray supports the first auxiliary tray at a first angle. When the second auxiliary tray is extracted from the first auxiliary tray at the extension position, an abutment between the upstream side end edge of the side surface cover and the inferior surface of the first auxiliary tray supports the first auxiliary tray at a second angle. The second angle is smaller than the first angle.