US 12,145,356 B2
Image forming apparatus and feed tray
Kengo Noda, Inazawa (JP); Gakuro Kanazawa, Toyokawa (JP); and Satoshi Miyase, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,622.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-219782 (JP), filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203716 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/36 (2006.01); B41J 11/50 (2006.01); B41J 11/54 (2006.01); B41J 11/58 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/02 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/50 (2013.01) [B41J 11/0045 (2013.01); B41J 11/04 (2013.01); B41J 11/36 (2013.01); B41J 11/54 (2013.01); B41J 11/58 (2013.01); B41J 13/0018 (2013.01); B41J 13/0054 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B41J 15/042 (2013.01); B41J 15/044 (2013.01); B41J 15/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a feed tray configured to accommodate a roll body, a first sheet-shaped medium being rolled in a roll shape as the roll body; and
a feed roller configured to apply a conveying force to the first sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll body and to feed the first sheet-shaped medium from the feed tray,
wherein the feed tray comprises:
a first accommodation portion configured to accommodate the roll body;
a second accommodation portion configured to accommodate a plurality of second sheet-shaped media stacked in a first direction; and
a path member located at least between the first accommodation portion and the feed roller, the path member defining an introduction path for guiding the first sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll body,
wherein the first sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll body passes through a region overlapping with the second accommodation portion when viewed from the first direction,
wherein the path member comprises a partition member configured to partition the second sheet-shaped media accommodated in the second accommodation portion and the first sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll body in the first direction,
wherein the second sheet-shaped media accommodated in the second accommodation portion is stacked on the partition member in the first direction,
wherein the partition member is rotatable in the first direction around a rotation shaft, the rotation shaft extending along a direction parallel to a rotation shaft of the feed roller, and
wherein the feed roller is capable of feeding the plurality of second sheet-shaped media.