Sheet feeding unit and image forming apparatus

Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Pack holders

Reexamination Certificate

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C271S145000, C271S157000

Reexamination Certificate

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07926805

ABSTRACT:
A sheet feeding device to feed sheets in a sheet feeding path is provided. The sheet feeding device includes a sheet cassette, in which a stack of sheets is stored, a body, in which the sheet cassette is removably installed, a feeder unit to forward the sheets in the stack in the sheet feeding path, at least one restrictive member, which is configured to be shifted between a releasing position and a restricting position and restricts a height of the stack of sheets to be stored in the sheet cassette when in the restricting position, a shifting unit to shift the positions of the at least one restrictive member. The shifting unit shifts the at least one restrictive member to be in the restricting position when the sheet cassette is removed from the body and to be in the releasing position when the sheet cassette is installed in the body.

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Notification of Reasons of Rejection issued Jan. 19, 2010 in the JP counterpart application No. 2008-080626.

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