| CPC B65H 1/14 (2013.01) [B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 2405/111 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1117 (2013.01); B65H 2405/141 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1412 (2013.01); B65H 2405/31 (2013.01); B65H 2511/12 (2013.01); B65H 2511/22 (2013.01); B65H 2515/81 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A feeding cassette comprising:
a cassette body configured to accommodate a medium in a stacked state;
a hopper disposed in the cassette body, the medium being stacked on the hopper, and the hopper being configured to swing with respect to the cassette body;
a side guide configured to regulate a position of the medium in a width direction and to move in the width direction; and
a lift plate configured to rotate around a rotational movement shaft parallel to the width direction with one end portion of the lift plate serving as a rotational fulcrum, to support an under surface of the hopper from below and move the hopper upward, using a tip portion, the tip portion being an end portion of the lift plate on an opposite end from the rotational fulcrum, wherein
the hopper includes a central portion positioned at a center in the width direction, and an extension portion extending to both sides in the width direction from a downstream portion of the central portion in a feeding direction in which the medium is fed,
the hopper includes a constricted portion for reinforcement protruding to an under side, in at least the extension portion,
the constricted portion for reinforcement includes a supporting constricted portion with which the tip portion of the lift plate comes into contact when supporting the under surface of the hopper in a swingable range of the hopper,
the supporting constricted portion includes a first constricted portion in a path including a component in the feeding direction, at least a part of the first constricted portion being provided in the extension portion,
the lift plate supports the first constricted portion over at least a part of the swingable range of the hopper,
the rotational movement shaft of the lift plate is disposed upstream of the extension portion in the feeding direction, and
in plan view from a direction perpendicular to a stacking surface when the hopper is at a retracted position at which the hopper is lowered to a greatest extent, the lift plate is covered by the hopper when the lift plate is at a maximum raised position and at a maximum lowered position.
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