Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16690715Application Date: 2019-11-21
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Publication No.: US11242213B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Daikai Zaitsu , Rie Ohtsuka , Junichi Sugita , Mamoru Kambayashi
- Applicant: Daikai Zaitsu , Rie Ohtsuka , Junichi Sugita , Mamoru Kambayashi
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo; JP Tokyo; JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Daikai Zaitsu,Rie Ohtsuka,Junichi Sugita,Mamoru Kambayashi
- Current Assignee: Daikai Zaitsu,Rie Ohtsuka,Junichi Sugita,Mamoru Kambayashi
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo; JP Tokyo; JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JPJP2018-219900 20181126
- Main IPC: B65H3/34
- IPC: B65H3/34 ; B65H3/06 ; B65H5/26 ; B65H3/56

Abstract:
A sheet feeding device includes a feeder, a contact member, a movement restricting member, a moving mechanism, and control circuitry. The feeder is configured to feed a sheet. A leading end of the sheet in a feeding direction is to contact the contact member. The movement restricting member is configured to lock the contact member to restrict movement of the contact member from a contact position where the contact member contacts the sheet. The moving mechanism is configured to move the movement restricting member between a locking position and a lock releasing position. The contact member is configured to take the contact position by gravity or a biasing force of a biasing part. The control circuitry is configured to control the moving mechanism to move the movement restricting member to the lock releasing position and then to the locking position when a feeding operation of the sheet is finished.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200165086A1 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-05-28
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