JP2007254104A - Paper feeding cassette - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper feeding cassette preventing a guide member from being dropped off from a pressing member and capable of sufficiently exhibiting a guide function for guiding recording paper to a predetermined position. <P>SOLUTION: In the paper feeding cassette 11 provided with a side guide 13a for guiding the recording paper to a predetermined position, an abutment body 31 provided on the side guide 13a is provided with the pressing member 32 provided on a side facing the recording paper 51 of the side guide 13a; and the guide member 33 having an upper part engaged with the side guide 13a by inserting an engagement part 36 to an engagement hole 25 formed at the side guide 13a. Thereby, when the recording paper 51 is placed on the paper feeding cassette 11, the recording paper 51 is hardly caught on the upper part of the guide member 33, the guide member 33 is hardly dropped off from the pressing member 32, and the guide function for guiding the recording paper 51 to the predetermined position can be sufficiently exhibited. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper feed cassette of an image forming apparatus such as a facsimile machine or a copying machine, and more particularly to a technology of a regulating body that guides a recording paper placed on the paper feed cassette to a predetermined position.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a paper feeding unit is provided in an image forming apparatus such as a facsimile machine or a copying machine. The paper feed cassette constituting a part of the paper feed unit includes a flapper for placing recording paper, and a pickup roller for taking out the recording paper placed on the flapper one by one and supplying it to the image recording unit And a regulating body or the like for guiding the recording paper to a predetermined position by contacting the end of the recording paper to be placed and aligning the end position (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  By the way, the recording paper placed in the paper feed cassette has a slight error in size due to cutting error or the like, and the size varies depending on the environment such as temperature and humidity. Therefore, it is necessary that the restricting body guides the recording paper to a predetermined position and aligns the end portions while allowing such a dimensional error and dimensional change of the recording paper. For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a paper feed cassette in which a regulating body 61 is provided with a contact body 63 is known.

  The abutting body 63 of the conventional sheet feeding cassette includes a pressing member 64 and a guide member 65. The pressing member 64 is a sponge rubber or the like that generates elastic deformation when the end of the recording paper 51 abuts. It is a member formed from the material. The pressing member 64 is a standing portion 62 of the restricting body 61 and is provided on the surface that comes into contact with the end portion of the recording paper 51. On the other hand, the guide member 65 is a thin plate-like member made of synthetic resin, and the guide member 65 is fixed to the pressing member 64 by a sticking means and is elastically deformed together with the pressing member 64. The upper portion of the guide member 65 is creased and bent outward with respect to the recording paper 51, and the upper end portion is a free end, so that the recording paper 51 to be placed can be guided to a predetermined position. It is formed into a shape.

When the recording paper 51 is placed on the paper feed pallet provided with the contact body 63 as described above, the end of the recording paper 51 first comes into contact with the upper portion of the guide member 65, and the upper portion of the guide member 65 is moved. The recording paper 51 is guided to a predetermined position on the paper feeding pallet. Then, the pressing member 64 and the guide member 65 are elastically deformed according to the dimensions of the recording paper 51, thereby absorbing the dimensional error and dimensional change of the recording paper 51. Further, the end of the recording paper 51 is pressed by the repulsive force of the pressing member 64 and the guide member 65, and the end of the recording paper 51 is aligned at an appropriate position in the paper feed cassette.
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  However, in the conventional sheet feeding cassette, the guide member 65 of the contact body 63 provided on the regulating body 61 has a free end at the top, and therefore, when the recording sheet 51 is placed on the sheet feeding cassette. In some cases, the recording paper 51 is caught on the free end of the guide member 65, causing the guide member 65 to peel off from the pressing member 64 and fall off. When the guide member 65 falls off, the guide function for guiding the recording paper 51 to a predetermined position is not sufficiently exhibited.

  On the other hand, when the upper end of the guide member 65 is fixed to the pressing member 64 without making it a free end in order to prevent the guide member 65 from coming off from the pressing member 64, the guide member 65 becomes difficult to peel off from the pressing member 64. The movable range of the upper portion of the guide member 65 is narrowed, and the guide function for guiding the recording paper 51 to a predetermined position is not sufficiently exhibited.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and can prevent the guide member from dropping from the pressing member and can sufficiently provide a guide function for guiding the recording paper to a predetermined position. The purpose is to provide paper cassettes.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is as described above. Next, means for solving the problem will be described.

That is, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper feed cassette including a regulating body that guides the recording paper to a predetermined position,
The contact body provided on the regulating body is
A pressing member that is provided on a side of the regulating body facing the recording paper and presses an end of the recording paper that is placed;
The locking member is interposed between the pressing member and the recording paper, and a locking portion is formed at least on the top. The locking portion is inserted into a locking hole formed in the regulating body, so that the top is engaged with the regulating body. A guide member to be stopped;
A paper feed cassette characterized by comprising

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the upper portion of the guide member is locked by locking the upper locking portion of the guide member in the locking hole formed in the upper portion of the restricting body. Is a paper feed cassette that is curved outward with respect to the recording paper placement position.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, a locking portion is formed in the lower portion of the guide member, and the locking hole formed in the lower portion of the restricting body The lower part of the guide member is locked to the restricting body by locking the lower locking part.

  As effects of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the upper portion of the guide member is locked to the regulating body, the recording paper is hardly caught on the upper portion of the guide member when the recording paper is placed on the paper feed cassette. Can be prevented from peeling off or falling off from the pressing member. Further, since the upper portion of the guide member is not completely fixed to the restricting body, the movable range of the upper portion of the guide member is secured, and the guide member can guide the recording paper to a predetermined position. For this reason, it can be set as the paper feed cassette which a guide member cannot fall easily from a press member, and fully exhibits the guidance function which guides a recording paper to a predetermined position.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the upper portion of the guide member is locked to the recording paper loading position by locking the upper locking portion of the guide member in the locking hole formed in the upper portion of the restricting body. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly guide the recording paper to a predetermined position by the bending portion, and to reduce the number of bending processes for bending and bending the upper portion of the guide member. This makes it easy to assemble the paper cassette.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a locking portion is formed in the lower portion of the guide member, and the lower locking portion is locked in a locking hole formed in the lower portion of the restricting body. Therefore, the step of fixing the guide member and the pressing member by the attaching means or the like is not necessary, and the assembly of the paper feeding cassette is facilitated.

  Next, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  A sheet cassette 11 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a simplified perspective view of a multifunction device (facsimile, copying, printer function multifunction device) 41 as an image forming apparatus, FIG. 2 is a simplified perspective view of a paper feed cassette 11 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a simplified plan view of the sheet cassette 11, FIG. 4 is a simplified perspective view of a side guide 13a as a restricting body, FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the contact body 31, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the side guide 13a according to the second embodiment, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a regulating body according to the third embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 9-9 in FIG.

  First, a schematic configuration of a multifunction machine 41 as an image forming apparatus to which the paper feed cassette 11 of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, in the description of the entire apparatus of the multi-function device 41, as shown in FIG. In the description of the paper feeding cassette 11, the paper feeding direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 2 is the front, the opposite direction is the rear, and the upper and lower in the normal use state are the upper and lower, respectively.

  In the multifunction device 41, an image reading unit 42 is disposed above, an image recording unit 43 is disposed below the image reading unit 42, and a paper feeding unit 44 is disposed below the image recording unit 43. After the recording paper 51 is supplied from the paper supply unit 44 to the image recording unit 43 and an image is recorded on the recording paper 51 by the image recording unit 43, the recording paper 51 is discharged to the recording paper discharge tray 45.

  In the image reading section 42, an image reading device (not shown) including a scanning body having a light source and a mirror is accommodated in a casing, and the upper surface of the casing is a transparent document placing surface. A document pressing cover 46 is disposed above the image reading unit 42, and the document pressing cover 46 is supported so as to be openable and closable around one side. An automatic paper feeder (ADF device) 47 for automatically feeding a document is attached to one end of the document pressing cover 46. The automatic paper feeder 47 is provided with a document tray 49, and a document discharge tray 48 is provided above the document pressing cover 46.

  When the multi-function device 41 is used as a flat bed type scanner that scans a scanning body and reads a stationary document, the content of the document is read by placing the document on the document placement surface and then scanning the document with the document pressing cover 46. The image is read from above, and the image reading unit 42 scans the document with a scanning body to read the content of the document. On the other hand, when the scanner is used as a sheet feed type scanner that reads a document while fixing the position of the scanning body, the content of the document is read by the automatic paper feeder 47 using the automatic paper feeder 47. Each sheet is picked up and conveyed, and the scanning body reads the contents of the document conveyed in a stationary state. The document after reading is discharged to the document discharge tray 48.

  Next, the paper feed cassette 11 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of paper feed cassettes 11 are provided in the paper feed unit 44 so as to be drawable. The paper feeding cassette 11 is inserted into the paper feeding unit 44 with the recording paper 51 placed therein, and supplies the recording paper 51 to the image recording unit 43. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper surface of the paper feed cassette 11 is opened, and a flapper 12 for placing the recording paper 51 is rotatably provided inside the paper feed cassette 11. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, side guides 13a and 13b as restricting bodies are provided on the left and right with respect to the sheet feeding direction, and an end guide 14 as a restricting body is disposed with respect to the sheet feeding direction. It is provided in the rear. The side guides 13 a and 13 b and the end guide 14 press the end of the recording paper 51 to position the recording paper 51, and the position surrounded by the side guides 13 a and 13 b and the end guide 14 is the position of the recording paper 51. This is the mounting position. Side guide lanes 15 are formed in the left-right direction with respect to the paper feeding direction, and the side guides 13a and 13b are slidably supported. An end guide lane 16 is formed in the front-rear direction with respect to the paper feeding direction, and the end guide 14 is slidably supported. In addition, a pickup roller 17 is provided in front of the paper feed cassette 11 and above the flapper 12 to take out the recording paper 51 placed on the flapper 12 one by one and supply it to the image recording unit 43. It is done.

  Next, the side guide 13a will be described in detail. The side guide 13a contacts the side edge of the recording paper 51 together with the side guide 13b, guides the recording paper 51 to a predetermined position, positions the recording paper 51, and aligns the side end position. . As shown in FIG. 4, the side guide 13 a includes a base body 22, a standing portion 21, and a contact body 31.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the base 22 is a member formed of a synthetic resin material, and is slidably supported by the side guide lane 15 and engages with the inner side of the side guide lane 15. Thus, the position of the side guide 13a is fixed. The base 22 is provided with a position adjusting portion 23, and a nail portion (not shown) is formed from a tooth portion (not shown) formed inside the side guide lane 15 by pinching the position adjusting portion 23 with fingers. ) Is released and the fixing of the position is released, and the left and right positions of the side guide 13a can be adjusted. The side guide 13a and the side guide 13b are interlocked. When the side guide 13a is moved to the right, the side guide 13b is moved to the left, and when the side guide 13a is moved to the left, The side guide 13b moves to the right. After the side guide 13a is moved to a desired position, if the pinching force is released, the claw portion is reengaged with the tooth portion of the side guide lane 15 to fix the side guide 13a, and the side guide 13a The side guide 13b is fixed at a position corresponding to the standard size of the recording paper 51 placed on the paper feed cassette 11.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the standing portion 21 is a portion formed integrally with the base body 22 by a synthetic resin material, and is a portion formed substantially perpendicular to the base body 22. On the side facing the recording paper 51, that is, the side contacting the end of the recording paper 51, concave portions 24 having the longitudinal direction as the longitudinal direction are formed at three locations along the paper feeding direction (front-rear direction). ing. The recess 24 is a portion to which the contact body 31 is attached. The height of the concave portion 24 is set higher than the thickness of the recording paper 51 to be stacked, so that the end portion of the recording paper 51 can be pressed by the contact body 31 attached to the concave portion 24. As shown in FIG. 6, an inclined surface is formed on the upper portion of the recess 24 obliquely upward, and a slit-like locking hole 25 is formed in the inclined surface. The locking hole 25 is a portion where the locking portion 36 of the guide member 33 described later is locked.

  Next, the contact body 31 will be described. The abutting body 31 is a part that guides the recording paper 51 to a predetermined position and aligns the end positions thereof while allowing dimensional errors and dimensional changes of the recording paper 51 placed in the paper feed cassette 11. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the contact body 31 includes a pressing member 32 and a guide member 33.

  The pressing member 32 is attached to the side of the standing portion 21 that faces the recording paper 51, that is, the surface that contacts the end of the recording paper 51, and presses the end of the recording paper 51 that is placed. It is a member to be positioned. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the shape of the pressing member 32 is a plate shape, the width is a width that can be fitted into the recessed portion 24 formed in the standing portion 21, and the thickness is affixed to the recessed portion 24. The thickness is such that it protrudes from the recess 24 and can press the recording paper 51. The height is higher than the thickness of the recording paper 51 to be stacked and slightly lower than the height of the concave portion 24 in the vertical direction. The material of the pressing member 32 may be any material that can be elastically deformed by contacting the end of the recording paper 51. For example, a sponge made of urethane foam having a low expansion ratio and strong against repeated deformation, natural rubber, or the like is blended. Sponge rubber or the like can be used. A material with little change in elastic force due to secular change is preferable.

  4 and 5, the guide member 33 is provided so as to be interposed between the pressing member 32 and the recording paper 51, and guides the recording paper 51 to be placed to a predetermined position. It is. The guide member 33 is a synthetic resin thin plate member having a thickness of about 0.2 mm to 1 mm. It comprises a guide member base 34 having substantially the same width as the pressing member 32 and side edge portions 35 extending on both sides of the guide member base 34. As shown in FIG. 5, a locking portion 36 is formed at the upper end portion of the guide member base 34, and the shape of the locking portion 36 is a shape in which a wide portion is formed by projecting both sides of the upper end portion. The upper portion of the guide member base 34 is bent and slanted to form an inclined surface, and is attached to the standing portion 21 so as to face outward with respect to the recording paper 51 placement position, that is, to feed paper. The shape is bent toward the outside of the cassette 11. The side edge portion 35 is also bent obliquely so as to cover the side surface of the abutting member to be attached to the inside of the guide member 33. As a material of the guide member 33, a material excellent in low friction, non-adhesiveness, and wear resistance is preferable, and for example, Teflon (registered trademark) can be used.

  Next, attachment to the standing part 21 of the contact body 31 is demonstrated. First, as shown in FIG. 5, the pressing member 32 constituting the contact body 31 is pasted inside the guide member 33 by a pasting means such as a double-sided tape. As shown in FIG. 6, the lower end portion of the pressing member 32 and the lower end portion of the guide member 33 are aligned. Next, the contact body 31 is attached to the standing portion 21. For attaching the contact body 31 to the standing portion 21, first, the pressing member 32 is attached to the concave portion 24 of the standing portion 21. Affixing is performed by affixing means such as double-sided tape. The pressing member 32 is attached so that the lower end portion of the pressing member 32 is in contact with the lowermost portion of the concave portion 24, that is, the base portion of the standing portion 21, and recording is performed even when the number of recording papers 51 to be placed is small. The end of the paper 51 can be reliably pressed. Subsequently, the locking portion 36 formed on the upper portion of the guide member 33 is locked in the locking hole 25 of the standing portion 21. The opening width of the locking hole 25 is made narrower than the width of the locking part 36, and the locking part 36 is inserted into the locking hole 25 so as to deform the wide part formed in the locking part 36. The stopper 36 is locked inside the locking hole 25, the upper portion of the guide member 33 is locked in the locking hole 25, and the contact body 31 is attached to the standing portion 21.

  The paper feed cassette 11 configured as described above has the following effects.

  Since the upper end portion of the guide member 33 is not a free end by engaging the engaging portion 36 formed on the upper portion of the guide member 33 with the engaging hole 25 of the standing portion 21, the recording paper 51 is fed into the paper feeding cassette. 11, the recording paper 51 is not easily caught on the upper portion of the guide member 33. For this reason, it can prevent that the guide member 33 peels from the press member 32, or falls. Further, it is possible to prevent the pressing member 32 from being damaged due to the recording paper 51 being caught by the pressing member 32.

  Since the locking portion 36 formed on the upper portion of the guide member 33 is locked in the locking hole 25 of the standing portion 21, the upper portion of the guide member 33 is locked to the standing portion 21. It is not fixed and the movable range of the upper part of the guide member 33 is ensured. For this reason, the upper part of the guide member 33 can freely move when the recording paper 51 abuts, and can guide the recording paper 51 to a predetermined position.

  As described above, the locking portion 36 of the guide member 33 is locked to the locking hole 25 in the standing portion 21, so that the guide member 33 is not easily dropped from the pressing member 32 and the recording paper 51 is placed in a predetermined state. The guidance function for guiding to the position can be sufficiently exhibited.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The second embodiment is greatly different from the first embodiment in that the upper portion of the guide member 33 is not bent and is naturally curved by elastic deformation. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  First, the shape of the guide member 33 according to the second embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the upper portion of the guide member 33 is formed with a locking portion 36 having a wide portion formed by projecting both sides of the upper end portion as in the first embodiment (see FIG. 5). The upper portion of the guide member 33 is not creased by bending and is left in a natural state.

  As for the case where the guide member 33 is attached to the standing portion 21, first, as in the first embodiment, the pressing member 32 constituting the contact body 31 is pasted inside the guide member 33, and then the standing portion 21. A pressing member 32 is attached to the recess 24 (see FIG. 5). Next, the locking portion 36 formed on the upper portion of the guide member 33 is locked in the locking hole 25 of the standing portion 21. Since the upper part of the guide member 33 is not bent and remains in a natural state, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper part faces outward against the recording paper placement position against the elasticity of the guide member 33. In this state, the locking portion 36 is inserted into the locking hole 25. The locking portion 36 is locked inside the locking hole 25, and the upper portion of the guide member 33 is elastically deformed so that it is smoothly bent outward with respect to the recording paper loading position. It is attached.

  As described above, according to the paper feed cassette 11 according to the second embodiment, the upper portion of the guide member 33 is not bent by a bending process and is elastically deformed to be smoothly curved. When the recording paper 51 is loaded, the recording paper 51 can be smoothly guided to a predetermined position by the curved portion. In addition, since it is not necessary to perform a bending process for forming a crease on the upper portion of the guide member 33, the number of bending processes can be reduced and the assembly of the paper feed cassette 11 is facilitated.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The third embodiment is greatly different from the first embodiment in that a locking portion 37 is formed at the lower portion of the guide member 33 and the lower portion of the guide member 33 is locked to the base body 22. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  First, the shape of the guide member 33 according to the third embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, a locking portion 36 is formed on the upper portion of the guide member 33. In addition, the lower portion of the guide member 33 extends the guide member base 34 downward, and forms a locking portion 37 in which a wide portion is formed by projecting both sides of the lower end portion.

  Next, the base body 22 will be described. The base body 22 is formed with a locking hole 26 in which a locking portion 37 formed at the lower portion of the guide member 33 is locked. As shown in FIG. 8, the locking hole 26 formed in the base body 22 has a slit shape, and the position where the locking hole 26 is formed is near the base of the standing portion 21 and at the lower end of the pressing member 32. Adjacent positions.

  Next, a case where the guide member 33 is attached to the standing portion 21 will be described. Unlike the first embodiment, the pressing member 32 does not need to be attached to the inside of the guide member 33, and the pressing member 32 is attached to the recessed portion 24 of the standing portion 21. Then, the locking portion 36 formed on the upper portion of the guide member 33 is locked in the locking hole 25 of the standing portion 21, and the locking portion 37 formed on the lower portion of the guide member 33 is then locked on the locking hole of the base member 22. 26. The opening width of the locking hole 26 is made narrower than the width of the locking portion 37. By inserting the locking portions 36 and 37 into the locking holes 25 and 26 so as to deform the wide portions formed in the locking portions 36 and 37, the locking portions 36 and 37 are connected to the locking holes 25 and 26, respectively. 26 is locked inside. Since the upper and lower portions of the guide member 33 are locked to the locking holes 25 and 26 and attached to the standing portion 21 and the base 22, there is no need to stick the guide member 33 and the pressing member 32. The member 33 is securely attached to the standing portion 21 and the base body 22.

  As described above, according to the paper feed cassette 11 according to the third embodiment, the locking portions 36 and 37 formed on the upper and lower portions of the guide member 33 are formed on the standing portion 21 and the base 22. Since the guide member 33 is locked to the standing portion 21 and the base 22 by being locked in the locking holes 25 and 26, a step of fixing the guide member 33 and the pressing member 32 by a sticking means or the like becomes unnecessary. Assembling of the paper feed cassette 11 is facilitated.

  The paper feed cassette 11 according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be modified as follows, for example.

  The shape of the standing portion 21 and the shape of the guide member 33 are not limited to the shapes of the above embodiments. For example, the shape of the guide member 33 may be a shape that covers the front surface (recording paper side surface) of the pressing member 32.

  Moreover, the shape of the latching | locking part 36 is not limited to the shape demonstrated in each Example, What is necessary is just a shape which can be latched to the latching hole 25. FIG. Further, the shape of the opening of the locking hole 25 may be, for example, a convex shape upward or a convex shape downward. In the case of the convex locking hole 25, the locking portion 36 may be locked by inserting the locking portion 36 from the wide portion of the locking hole 25 and moving it to the narrow portion of the locking hole 25. In this case, the locking portion 36 can be easily inserted, and the locking portion 36 is difficult to be removed from the locking hole 25. The same applies to the locking hole 26 and the locking portion 37.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the side guide 13a as the restricting member has been described, but the side guide 13b and the end guide 14 as the restricting member abutting on the rear end portion of the recording paper 51 to be placed are as in the present invention. You can also

FIG. 3 is a simplified perspective view of a multifunction machine 41 as an image forming apparatus. 1 is a simplified perspective view of a sheet feeding cassette 11 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 3 is a simplified plan view of the paper feed cassette 11. The perspective simplified view of the side guide 13a as a regulating body. The expansion perspective view of the contact body 31. FIG. Sectional drawing in the 6-6 line of FIG. Sectional drawing of the side guide 13a in Example 2. FIG. The perspective view of the control body in Example 3. FIG. Sectional drawing in the 9-9 line | wire of FIG. The perspective simplified view of the regulation body which concerns on the conventional paper feed cassette. Sectional drawing in the 11-11 line | wire of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Paper feed cassette 12 Flapper 13a, 13b Side guide as restricting body 14 End guide as restricting body 15 Side guide lane 16 End guide lane 17 Pickup roller 21 Standing portion 22 Base 23 Position adjusting portion 24 Recessed portion 25, 26 Locking hole 31 Contact body 32 Press member 33 Guide member 34 Guide member base 35 Side edge 36, 37 Locking portion 41 Multi-function device as image forming apparatus 42 Image reading portion 43 Image recording portion 44 Paper feeding portion 45 Recording paper Discharge tray 46 Document pressing cover 47 Automatic paper feeder 48 Document discharge tray 49 Document tray 51 Recording paper 61 Regulatory body 62 Standing portion 63 Contacting body 64 Pressing member 65 Guide member

Claims (3)

A paper feed cassette having a regulating body for guiding recording paper to a predetermined position,
The contact body provided on the regulating body is
A pressing member that is provided on a side of the regulating body facing the recording paper and presses an end of the recording paper that is placed;
The locking member is interposed between the pressing member and the recording paper, and a locking portion is formed at least on the top. The locking portion is inserted into a locking hole formed in the regulating body, so that the top is engaged with the regulating body. A guide member to be stopped;
A paper feed cassette characterized by comprising:   The upper portion of the guide member is bent outward with respect to the recording paper loading position by locking the upper locking portion of the guide member in the locking hole formed in the upper portion of the restricting body. The paper feed cassette according to claim 1, wherein   A locking portion is formed in the lower portion of the guide member, and the lower portion of the guide member is locked to the regulating body by locking the lower locking portion in a locking hole formed in the lower portion of the regulating body. The paper feeding cassette according to claim 1, wherein the paper feeding cassette is a paper feeding cassette.

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