Patent ID: 9216867
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeder comprising: a sheet tray on which a recording medium is loaded; a regulating member disposed on the sheet tray and movable in a direction normal to a sheet feeding direction to regulate a position of the recording medium loaded on the sheet tray, the regulating member having guide portions having a height higher than a maximum possible thickness of a sheet stack loadable on the sheet tray and the height thereof is changeable; a link mechanism to rotatably support the sheet tray to a tray storing position and a sheet feeding position; and a guide storage to store the guide portions of the regulating member as the link mechanism moves the sheet tray from the sheet feeding position to the tray storing position, the guide storage has a depth set to be greater than a length in a height direction of the guide portions, wherein