IP Library Granted Patent US 10,988,331
Granted Patent B2
US 10,988,331 · App. 16/544,255 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Medium containing device and image forming apparatus

Inventor: Koji Osaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
B65H1/04B65H1/266G03G15/6502B65H2404/74B65H2405/1122B65H2405/31B65H2405/324B65H2511/15G03G2215/004
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Patent No.
US 10,988,331
App. No.
16/544,255
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medium containing device includes a supporting member composed with a first part, a second part and a third part connecting the first part and the second part wherein the supporting member is configured to cause the first part to incline by being lifted up from a standard position, and supports recording media. When the supporting member is in the standard position, a first height position of an upper face of a first base part in a region adjacent to the first part is lower than a second height position of an upper face of the first part in a region adjacent to the first base part, and a third height position of an upper face of the second part in a region adjacent to the first base part is lower than a fourth height position of an upper face of the first base part in a region adjacent to the second part.

Claims (39)

1. A medium containing device, comprising:

a supporting member that is composed with a first part, a second part extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a third part connecting the first part and the second part with each other, wherein the supporting member is configured to cause the first part to incline by being lifted up from a standard position, and supports recording media, and

a first guiding member that has

a first base part including a part installed between the first part and the second part, and

a first erected part erected on the first base part, and guides the recording media,

wherein

when the supporting member is in the standard position,

a first height position of an upper face of the first base part in a region adjacent to the first part is lower than a second height position of an upper face of the first part in a region adjacent to the first base part, and

a third height position of an upper face of the second part in a region adjacent to the first base part is lower than a fourth height position of an upper face of the first base part in a region adjacent to the second part.

2. The medium containing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first height position is a height position of the upper face of the first base part in a region further adjacent to the first erected part, and

the fourth height position is a height position of the upper face of the first base part in a region further adjacent to the first erected part.

3. The medium containing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fourth height position is higher than the first height position.

4. The medium containing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a medium case in which the supporting member and the first guiding member installed, and is configured to slide along a chassis to be inserted into the chassis, and

a lifting part that inclines the supporting member by lifting up the first part when the medium case is set into the chassis.

5. The medium containing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first guiding member is configured to move in the first direction.

6. The medium containing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first erected part of the first guiding member further has an extension part at an upper region of the first part, the extension part extending in the second direction, and

the first guiding member further has a rotating part that

rotates centering on a rotational fulcrum installed on the extension part of the first erected part and

guides the recording media.

7. The medium containing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second guiding member that

is disposed opposing the first guiding member across the third part, the second guiding member having a second base part including a part installed between the first part and the second part, and a second erected part erected on the second base part, and

guides the recording media.

8. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

a medium containing part that contains recording media,

a carrying part that carries the recording media contained in the medium containing part, and

image forming parts that form images on the recording media carried by the carrying part,

wherein

the medium containing part has

a supporting member that is composed with a first part, a second part extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a third part connecting the first part and the second part with each other, wherein the supporting member is configured to cause the first part to incline by being lifted up from a standard position, and supports recording media, and

a first guiding member that has a first base part including a part installed between the first part and the second part, and a first erected part erected on the first base part, and guides the recording media, and

when the supporting member is in the standard position,

a first height position of an upper face of the first base part in a region adjacent to the first part is lower than a second height position of an upper face of the first part in a region adjacent to the first base part, and

a third height position of an upper face of the second part in a region adjacent to the first base part is lower than a fourth height position of an upper face of the first base part in a region adjacent to the second part.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: OKI DATA CORPORATION
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059365/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2019
From: OSAKI, KOJI
To: OKI DATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050090/0736 →