| 摘要 |
<p>A sheet feeder comprises a telescopic structure which has a plurality of stages of sheet supporting bodies and all stages of the sheet supporting bodies are provided with top plates for covering the areas above the sheets, wherein the top plate for, at least, the last-stage sheet supporting body has of the plate member that is attached rotatably to an upper rear end part of the sheet supporting body of a stage previous to the last. The plate member can be pivoted so as to be placed on the top plate of the previous-stage sheet supporting body. The sheet feeder cassette is attached to an image forming apparatus and the top plates and such constitute the supporting body for the sheets which are discharged from the image forming apparatus. <IMAGE></p> |
