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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Takayuki Akimatsu, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supporting device, including: a sheet supporter having a support surface; a guide disposed on one side of the sheet supporter on which the support surface is provided and having a guide surface configured to come into contact with an edge, in a width direction, of a sheet on the sheet supporter; and a slider disposed on the other side of the sheet supporter, wherein the sheet supporter has an elongate opening, wherein the guide and the slider are coupled to each other through the elongate opening, such that the guide and the slider are movable together in the width direction of the sheet, and wherein the guide includes a first hook hooked on a portion of the sheet supporter and configured to be movable in the width direction of the sheet along the portion of the sheet supporter.