Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feed device and image recording apparatus having such sheet feed device
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Application No.: US13315227Application Date: 2011-12-08
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Publication No.: US08342502B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Yukio Shiohara , Tetsuo Asada , Yuji Koga
- Applicant: Yukio Shiohara , Tetsuo Asada , Yuji Koga
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-099607 20050330; JP2005-099608 20050330; JP2005-099609 20050330; JP2005-099610 20050330
- Main IPC: B65H3/44
- IPC: B65H3/44

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus including a first tray having a first holding portion for holding sheets, a second tray disposed above the first tray and including a second holding portion for holding sheets, a sheet feeder that selectively feeds a sheet from one of the first tray and the second tray in a sheet feed direction, a recording unit that records an image on the sheet fed by the sheet feeder, and a discharge roller that discharges the sheet on which the image is recorded by the recording unit. The second holding portion of the second tray moves above the first holding portion of the first tray. The second tray further includes a discharged sheet receiving portion for receiving the sheet discharged by the discharge roller. The second tray including the discharged sheet receiving portion pivots relative to the first tray.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120080834A1 SHEET FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING SUCH SHEET FEED DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-04-05
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