Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus

摘要

There are provided a plurality of slide rails that are attached to a sheet feeding device; a box-shaped pullout unit that is movable toward an image forming unit on the slide rails; a slide unit and an extended tray that are arranged in the front and back positions in a direction in which the pullout unit moves; a slide bottom plate that is movable up and down by a loading unit and that is slidable on the pullout unit in a horizontal direction; a front-edge sheet positioning unit that raises up when the slide bottom plate is pulled out in a horizontal direction and that falls down when the slide bottom plate is pushed in a horizontal direction; and a connection unit that connects to a handle for pulling out the pullout unit in a horizontal direction when the slide bottom plate is located at a lowest point.

主权项

1. A sheet feeding device comprising:
a loading unit that lifts and lowers a loaded sheet; a sheet-end positioning unit that adjusts a position of an end of the sheet; a conveying unit that conveys the sheet to an image forming apparatus main body; a plurality of slide rails that are attached to the sheet feeding device; a pullout unit that is movable toward the image forming apparatus main body on the slide rails; an extended tray that is installed on a slide bottom plate so as to extend therefrom; the slide bottom plate that is movable up and down by the loading unit and that is slidable on the pullout unit in a horizontal direction; a front-edge sheet positioning unit that raises up when the slide bottom plate is pulled out in a horizontal direction and that falls down when the slide bottom plate is pushed in a horizontal direction; and a connection unit that connects to a handle for pulling out the pullout unit in a horizontal direction when the slide bottom plate is located at a lowest point.