Patent ID: 8002269
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet supplying apparatus, comprising: a sheet-supply tray which comprises a sheet-support surface and is configured to accommodate a plurality of sheets such that the sheets are supported on the sheet-support surface, wherein the sheet-supply tray includes at least one first engageable portion; and a housing including at least one second engageable portion, wherein said at least one first engageable portion of the sheet-supply tray engages with said at least one second engageable portion of the housing in response to insertion of the sheet-supply tray into the housing and disengages from said at least one second engageable portion in response to withdrawal of the sheet-supply tray from the housing, wherein the sheet-supply tray further includes a stationary guide wall extending in a first direction which is perpendicular to a direction in which the sheets are supplied from the sheet-supply tray, the stationary guide wall comprising: wherein at least a portion of said at least one first engageable portion of the sheet-supply tray is located in the rear space and within a length of the inclined guide surface in the first direction.