St Drawer Paper Lifting Plate; St Drawer Paper Size Detection - Minolta Di251 Service Manual

14-4.

1st Drawer Paper Lifting Plate

• The Paper Lifting Plate installed in the 1st Drawer is spring-loaded to push the paper
stack upward.
• When the drawer is slid into the copier, the lever that locks down the Paper Lifting Plate is
pushed and unlocked, allowing the Paper Lifting Plate to push the paper stack upward.
Paper Lifting Plate
14-5.

1st Drawer Paper Size Detection

• The Paper Size Detecting Board detects the length of the paper (FD), while the Paper
Size Detecting Sensor (CD) detects the width of the paper (CD).
• A lever is connected to the Trailing Edge Stop of the 1st Drawer, while another lever is
connected to the Edge Guide of the drawer. These levers activate and deactivate the
Paper Size Detecting Sensor (CD), and the switches on the Paper Size Detecting Board.
The combination of ON or OFF, or activated or deactivated, condition of each switch and
sensor determines the paper size.
Paper Size Detecting
Sensor (CD) S5
Lever
Paper Size Detecting Board PWB-I
1
M-31
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2 3 4
4011M009AA