Patent ID: 7931263
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet feed apparatus comprising: a main frame; a storage unit mounted on the main frame and configured with a capacity to store a quantity of sheets; a transporter mounted on the main frame and configured to supply the sheets through a sheet transporting port of the sheet feed apparatus so as to exit the main frame, wherein the sheet transporting port is horizontally coupled to a sheet receiving port; a supporting frame mounted on the main frame, the supporting frame including a holding member; and an additional unit mounted on the supporting frame and operable to enhance a functionality of the sheet feed apparatus, the additional unit configured so as to sit within a front, side, and rear periphery of the main frame based on a plan view such that an entire bottom face of the additional unit is above a lower surface of the holding member but below an upper surface of the main frame.