Patent ID: 7866660
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet storing device which is capable of storing a plurality of sheets, and which feeds a sheet of the stored sheets, comprising: (a) a first side regulating member which has a flat surface having a length extending between a first end side of the first side regulating member and a second end side of the first side regulating member along a feeding direction of the sheets, and which regulates a first side portion of the stored sheets by bringing substantially an entirety of the length of the flat surface from the first end side to the second end side into contact with the first side portion of the stored sheets; (b) a second side regulating member which has a flat surface having a length extending between a first end side of the second side regulating member and a second end side of the second side regulating member along a feeding direction of the sheets, and which regulates a second side portion of the stored sheets by bringing substantially an entirety of the length of the flat surface from the first end side to the second end side into contact with the second side portion of the stored sheets, wherein the first and second side regulating members interpose the sheets stored in the sheet storing device therebetween and face each other, and wherein each of the first side regulating member and the second side regulating member, including the first end side and the second end side, is movable in a width direction of the stored sheets in accordance with a sheet size thereof, (c) a first side regulating member adjusting unit which adjusts an angle of the first side regulating member with respect to the feeding direction, and fixes the first side regulating member at the adjusted angle; and (d) a second side regulating member adjusting unit which adjusts an angle of the second side regulating member with respect to the feeding direction, and fixes the second side regulating member at the adjusted angle, wherein the fed sheet of the stored sheets is fed with the first side regulating member and the second side regulating member fixed at the respective adjusted angles, and wherein the first end side of each of the first side regulating member and the second side regulating member serves as a fulcrum, and the second end side of the each of the first side regulating member and the second side regulating member is rotatable about the fulcrum.