Patent ID: 9290339
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A sheet feed cassette comprising: an end cursor configured to be slidable in a sheet feed direction and regulate a rear end position of stored paper sheets in the sheet feed direction; a pair of gears rotatably provided on a lower surface of a base portion of the end cursor and having a same module and a same number of teeth; and a pair of racks provided on a bottom surface of a cassette main body in parallel with each other along a slide direction of the end cursor, and respectively meshing with the pair of gears, wherein the end cursor includes a pair of claw portions having projecting-and-recessed surfaces, and in the cassette main body, a pair of latch teeth sets that allow the end cursor to slide only in the sheet feed direction are provided such that the latch teeth sets and the racks form two layers in a vertical direction, and the claw portions are respectively engaged with the latch teeth sets in an engageable/disengageable manner.