Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeder device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15403475Application Date: 2017-01-11
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Publication No.: US10167147B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Yuki Yamauchi
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2016-007217 20160118
- Main IPC: B65H1/18
- IPC: B65H1/18 ; B65H1/20 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H1/26 ; B65H5/06 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H1/14 ; B65H7/02

Abstract:
A sheet feeder device that stores and sends out a transfer medium includes: a sheet feeder device main unit having an opening formed at an upper portion and including an upstream partial lid located on an upstream side and a downstream partial lid located on a downstream side, the upstream partial lid and the downstream partial lid covering at least part of the opening; a sheet feed tray provided in the sheet feeder device main unit, the transfer medium being loaded onto the sheet feed tray; an elevating unit configured to lift up and down the sheet feed tray; and a control unit configured to control the lifting up and down of the sheet feed tray, wherein the control unit senses opening and closing of the upstream partial lid and the downstream partial lid, and controls the lifting up and down being performed by the elevating unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170203930A1 SHEET FEEDER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-07-20
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