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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Masaki Murashima, Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Hotani, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cassette () includes first and second sheet accommodation sections () and (), and a restricting section (). The second sheet accommodation section () is slidably attached to the first sheet accommodation section (). The restricting section () includes first and second engagement sections () and (), and a manipulation section (). The first engagement section () is disposed in the first sheet accommodation section (). The manipulation section () is disposed in the second sheet accommodation section (). The second engagement section () engages with the first engagement section (). A lever portion () of the manipulation section () is shiftable from a lying down posture to a tilted posture. The second engagement section () is disposed in the lever portion (). Shift of the lever portion () from the lying down posture to the tilted posture releases engagement between the first engagement section () and the second engagement section (), and allows the lever portion () to be pulled in a first direction (A) to slide the second sheet accommodation section () and extend a size of the cassette ().