Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding apparatus including sheet storage unit which can be pushed into or pulled out of apparatus body, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15888272Application Date: 2018-02-05
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Publication No.: US10336563B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Masami Fuchi
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions INc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions INc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2017-019573 20170206
- Main IPC: B65H1/14
- IPC: B65H1/14 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H1/12 ; B65H5/06 ; B65H1/26

Abstract:
The sheet feeding apparatus includes a first cursor. The first cursor comes in contact with a side face of a stack of sheets, and can move between a restriction position and a retracted position. The lift plate includes a fixed plate and a movable plate. The stack of sheets is movable together with the movable plate in the push-in/pull-out direction. When the sheet storage unit is pushed into the apparatus body, the first cursor moves by inertia of the stack of sheets, against an urging force of an urging member, toward the retracted position. After the sheet storage unit has reached the accommodated position, the first cursor pushes the stack of sheets by resilience of the urging member to move to the restriction position.
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