Patent ID: 9122221
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding cassette, comprising: a bottom plate made of resin, with a sheet loaded thereon; a lift plate having a tip end portion that abuttingly slides on a rear face of the bottom plate, and rotates for the tip end portion to displace the bottom plate to a sheet feeding position; and a wire rod that is bent to be wired on the rear face of the bottom plate and that comes into contact with the tip end portion of the lift plate, wherein the bottom plate includes an opening portion at which a portion of the bottom plate is opened, the wire rod includes: a pair of parallel portions that extend in a direction in which the tip end portion abuttingly slides; and a protruding portion connecting respective end portions of the parallel portions, the wire rod is wired on the rear face of the bottom plate such that the parallel portions are disposed in a sliding range of the tip end portion sliding on the rear face of the bottom plate, and such that at the protruding portion, a portion of the wire rod protrudes from the opening portion to a sheet loading face of the bottom plate, and the protruding portion contacts the sheet loaded on the bottom plate, and the wire rod is grounded so as to release static electricity accumulated in the sheet through the wire rod to a body frame.