US 12,139,362 B2
Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus
Tomoki Katafuchi, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,966.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-195970 (JP), filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174337 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 31/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 31/10 (2013.01) [B65H 2402/32 (2013.01); B65H 2557/20 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet feeding device for feeding a sheet, the sheet feeding device comprising:
a sheet stacking member on which the sheet is stacked;
a feeding member provided above the sheet stacking member and configured to feed the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking member;
a lifting member configured to lift up and down the sheet stacking member;
an accommodating unit provided with a supporting frame for supporting the sheet stacking member and configured to accommodate the sheet; and
a restricting member configured to restrict a position of the sheet stacking member,
wherein movement in a lifting down direction of the sheet stacking member is restricted by the restricting member when the restricting member is attached to the supporting frame in a state in which the sheet stacking member is lifted up to a predetermined position,
wherein the supporting frame is provided with an opening portion,
wherein the restricting member is attached to the opening portion,
wherein the accommodating unit is dismountably mounted to a mounting portion of the sheet feeding device,
wherein the supporting frame is provided with a guide rail configured to guide the accommodating unit, and
wherein when the restricting member is attached to the opening portion, the restricting member contacts the guide rail and the restricting member is supported by the guide rail.