Patent ID: 9156636
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B41J,B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A sheet-supply tray device for use with an image recording apparatus, the sheet-supply tray as device comprising: a lower sheet-supply tray; and an upper sheet-supply tray configured to be located above the lower sheet-supply tray, the upper sheet-supply tray comprising: a main body which comprises a support surface, the support surface being configured to support at least one recording sheet; a leading-end stopper fixed on the main body, the leading-end stopper being configured to stop a leading end of the at least one recording sheet; a trailing-end stopper which comprises a trailing-end contact surface, the trailing-end contact surface having at least one trailing-end protrusion extending toward the leading-end stopper, the trailing-end contact surface being configured to contact a trailing end of the at least one recording sheet; a pair of side-end stoppers each of which comprises a side-end contact surface configured to contact a corresponding one of opposite side ends of the at least one recording sheet, the side-end contact surface of said each side-end stopper having at least one side-end protrusion configured to cover at least one part of the at least one recording sheet; and wherein the respective side-end protrusions of the pair of side-end stoppers have different lengths in a sheet-supply direction in which the at least one recording sheet is supplied from the upper sheet-supply tray.