Patent ID: 7748691
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A manual feed tray comprising: a cover member pivotally supported at a lower end and having a storage position and a sheet feeding position; a sheet feeding platform located at the lower end side of the cover member in the sheet feeding position, and mounted to the cover member that is so constructed and arranged as to slide toward an upper end side of the cover member and to leave a gap between the sheet feeding platform and itself; an extension member which when stored is located in a gap between the sheet feeding platform and the cover member and when in a pulled-out position, a locking protrusion formed on the back surface on a distal end side of the extension member is hooked on an end edge of the upper end side of the cover member, and is pivotally retained so as to move away from the cover member, and when the cover member is pivoted from the sheet feeding position to the storage position, the sheet feeding platform is moved to the upper end side of the cover member by an extension member lock releasing mechanism interlocked with the pivoting of the cover member, pivots the extension member, and separates the locking protrusion of the extension member from the end edge of the upper end side of the cover member, with the extension member moving into the gap between the cover member and the sheet feeding platform so as to be stored therein.