Patent ID: 7980555
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet guide apparatus, comprising: a sheet tray in which a sheet is placed; and a side guide having at least one abutting portion that abuts one of edges of the sheet placed in the sheet tray, wherein the sheet tray includes a groove formed along a direction perpendicular to an abutting surface of the abutting portion against the sheet, wherein the side guide includes a sliding portion having slidable portions configured to slide on a pair of opposed side walls of the groove, at least one first slip preventing projection positioned at a first end of the sliding portion and at least two second slip preventing projections positioned at a second end of the sliding portion, wherein the first end is closer to the at least one abutting portion than the second end, and the side guide is configured to move along a groove direction as a longitudinal direction of the groove when the sliding portion is slid on the side walls, and wherein the groove includes two cutouts, at least one first groove area and at least one second groove area positioned directly adjacent to the first groove area, wherein the two cutouts are configured to allow the slip preventing projections to pass therethrough, and the at least one second groove area has a groove width smaller than a groove width of the at least one first groove area and allows the slidable portions of the sliding portion to be slid in the second groove area, and wherein the at least one first slip preventing projection and the at least two second slip preventing projections are configured to only pass through the two cutouts, and wherein the at least one first and the at least two second slip preventing projections are configured to prevent the sliding portion from separating from the groove when the at least one first and the at least two second slip preventing projections are at positions along the groove away from the two cutouts of the groove.