Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking portion, a feed member provided above the stacking portion and configured to feed an uppermost sheet among the sheets stacked on the stacking portion, and a trailing-end regulating member movable in the sheet feeding direction and configured to regulate a position of a trailing end of the sheets stacked on the stacking portion in the sheet feeding direction. The trailing-end regulating member includes a support portion configured to support a lower surface of the sheets stacked on the stacking portion. The support portion has a projecting shape in which a center portion of the support portion in a sheet width direction projects upward as compared with end portions of the support portion in the sheet width direction.
Abstract: A sheet conveyor includes: a sheet conveyor; a supporter including a movable guide and having a first and second end portions in a widthwise direction; and a first cover adjacent to the first end portion. The supporter has an upstream edge in the conveying direction. A first-end upstream end portion of the upstream edge is nearer to the sheet conveyor than a second-end upstream end portion of the upstream edge. The first cover has a first region and a second region. The first region has a height greater than or equal to that of the guide and extends to a position located upstream of an upstream, end portion of the guide. The second region is located upstream of the first region, and the second region is less in height than the first region. The first-end upstream end portion overlaps the first region when viewed in the widthwise direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 1, 2017
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventors:
Tianjin Xie, Takashi Fujiwara, Yusaku Seki, Yukihiko Sato
Inventors:
Hiroko Hirano, Kenichiro Uchihara, Yu Iritani, Masakazu Nagano, Thomas Edward Keen, Nicholas Woodley, James Holt, Astrid Nathalie Xavier Vanhuyse, Solène Lemare Toneatti
Inventors:
Naoaki Iwamatsu, Yu Iritani, Masakazu Nagano, Thomas Edward Keen, Nicholas Woodley, James Holt, Astrid Nathalie Xavier Vanhuyse, Solène Lemare Toneatti