Patent ID: 9561921
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. A sheet feeding unit, that is attachable to and detachable from an apparatus main body, comprising: a main body part having a bottom plate and configured to be arranged on which a sheet is placed; a pair of side cursors supported by the bottom plate so as to slide in a width direction of the sheet to restrict a position of the sheet in the width direction; a pair of cursor racks respectively extending from the pair of side cursors in directions opposing to each other in the width direction of the sheet; a pinion engaged with the pair of cursor racks; and a holding member having a shaft support part rotatable supporting the pinion, wherein the bottom plate includes a pair of guiding protrusions arranged at a predetermined interval in the width direction, the holding member includes a pair of slits elongated in the width direction and provided at both sides in the width direction, the holding member is attachable to and detachable from the bottom plate, and configured to be supported so as to move in the width direction of the sheet with respect to the bottom plate by respectively inserting the pair of guiding protrusions into the pair of slits in a state that the engagement of the pinion with the pair of cursor racks is maintained, and to be fixed to the bottom plate in any optional position in the width direction of the sheet, on the bottom plate, a scale denoting a reference position of the holding member in the width direction and a moved amount from the reference position is formed and, in the holding member, a point part pointing out the scale is formed.