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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Maruta, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet cassette () includes a first sheet accommodation section (), a second sheet accommodation section (), and a restricting section (). The restricting section () includes a lever section (), a first engagement section (), and a second engagement section (). The lever section () is shiftable between a first engaged position, a second engaged position, and a disengaged position. The first engaged position is a position where a distal end portion () protrudes from a sheet loading surface (F) of a second bottom () with no sheets loaded on the second bottom (), and the first engagement section () and the second engagement section () are in engagement. The second engaged position is a position where the distal end portion () is pushed down out of the first engaged position in accordance with the number of sheets loaded on the second bottom (), and the first engagement section () and the second engagement section () are in engagement. The disengaged position is a position where the engagement between the first engagement section () and the second engagement section () is released. Strength of the engagement between the first engagement section () and the second engagement section () is larger when the lever section () is in the second engaged position than when the lever section () is in the first engaged position.