SHEET SUPPORTING DEVICE AND SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE

摘要

A sheet supporting device, including: a sheet supporter having a support surface; a guide disposed on one side of the sheet supporter on which the support surface is provided and having a guide surface configured to come into contact with an edge, in a width direction, of a sheet on the sheet supporter; and a slider disposed on the other side of the sheet supporter, wherein the sheet supporter has an elongate opening, wherein the guide and the slider are coupled to each other through the elongate opening, such that the guide and the slider are movable together in the width direction of the sheet, and wherein the guide includes a first hook hooked on a portion of the sheet supporter and configured to be movable in the width direction of the sheet along the portion of the sheet supporter.

主权项

1. A sheet supporting device, comprising:
a sheet supporter having a support surface for supporting a sheet to be conveyed downstream in a conveyance direction; a guide disposed on one of opposite sides of the sheet supporter on which the support surface is provided and configured to be movable along the support surface in a width direction of the sheet orthogonal to the conveyance direction, the guide having a guide surface configured to come into contact with an edge, in the width direction, of the sheet supported on the sheet supporter; and a slider disposed on the other of the opposite sides of the sheet supporter so as to be movable in the width direction of the sheet, wherein the sheet supporter is provided with an elongate opening penetrating the support surface and extending in the width direction of the sheet, wherein the guide and the slider are coupled to each other through the elongate opening, such that the guide and the slider are movable together in the width direction of the sheet, and wherein the guide includes a first hook hooked on a portion of the sheet supporter at a position spaced downstream of the elongate opening in the conveyance direction, the first hook being configured to be movable in the width direction of the sheet along the portion of the sheet supporter.