Patent ID: 7976017
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet-supply apparatus, comprising: a sheet accommodating portion which includes a support portion that supports, on a support surface thereof, a plurality of cut sheets such that the cut sheets are stacked on each other; a sheet-supply roller which is adapted to supply the cut sheets accommodated in the sheet accommodating portion, one by one in a sheet-supply direction; a main side guide which is slidably movable on the support portion in a widthwise direction of the sheet accommodating portion perpendicular to the sheet-supply direction and which guides a side edge of each of the cut sheets accommodated in the sheet accommodating portion, the side edge being parallel to the sheet-supply direction; a sub-side guide which is located inside of the main side guide in the widthwise direction; a pivoting mechanism which automatically pivots the sub-side guide about a pivot axis between a standing position and a lying position in response to the widthwise sliding movement of the main side guide; and a sliding mechanism configured to slide the sub-side guide in the widthwise direction while maintaining the standing position of the sub-side guide in response to the widthwise sliding movement of the main side guide.