Image forming apparatus having a universal cassette

Details Image forming apparatus having a universal cassette Image forming apparatus having a universal cassette

1997-11-24

1999-07-27

Bollinger, David H.

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

Pack holders

B65H 100

Patent

active

059277076

ABSTRACT:
A universal sheet cassette includes a sheet stacking body, plural stopping sections predetermined at different positions in the sheet stacking body in accordance with plural different sheet sizes, a trailing end stopper adapted to be detachably attached to one of the plural stopping sections in accordance with the sheet size to be accommodated, and a sheet size detecting member having a projecting section. When the universal cassette is dismounted from a predetermined position of an apparatus body, the projecting section is spaced far from the trailing end stopper, and when the universal cassette is mounted at the predetermined position of the apparatus body, the projecting section is adapted to come in contact with or in non-contact with the trailing end stopper in accordance with the attached position of the trailing end stopper. A controller determines the sheet size based on the contact or the non-contact between the projecting section and the trailing end stopper when the universal cassette is mounted in an apparatus body and indicates the determined sheet size.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5537195 (1996-07-01), Sagara et al.

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