Patent ID: 7487961
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet cassette adapted to be detachably attached to a cassette receiver of an information processing apparatus, the sheet cassette comprising: cassette body, formed with an opened space adapted to contain sheets therein; and stopper comprising a roller adapted to come in contact with an uppermost one of the sheets contained in the opened space when the volume of the sheets reaches the maximum containing capacity, a support shaft rotatably supporting the roller and movable in the first direction and the second direction, and a rotation preventing member adapted to come in contact with the roller when the support shaft is moved in the first direction, thereby preventing the roller from rotating, said stopper, being movable relative to the cassette body is operable to prevent a sheet from moving in a first direction to enter the opened space when a volume of the sheets contained in the opened space reaches a maximum containing capacity, while allowing the sheets contained in the opened space to move in a second direction opposite to the first direction to be fed to the information processing apparatus.