Patent ID: 7331577
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A printing sheet guide for use in a sheet feeder of an image forming apparatus having a plate that forms a part of a sheet holding tray for holding one or more printing sheets, comprising: a sheet guide movably mounted to said plate, said sheet guide being configured to slide across said plate along a first direction, and including a guide face member extending along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, the second direction being a feeding direction of the printing sheets; and a pivot prevention part configured to prevent said guide face member from pivoting about a point on said guide face member by transferring a force imparted on a first location along said guide face member to a second location an opposite side of said point from said first location along said guide face member such that respective amounts of movements of said first location and said second location in said first direction is substantially equal, wherein said pivot prevention part comprises: