Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16854714Application Date: 2020-04-21
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Publication No.: US11312587B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Hideaki Doyo
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JPJP2019-080830 20190422
- Main IPC: B65H3/06
- IPC: B65H3/06 ; B65H5/06

Abstract:
A sheet feeding device includes a pickup roller, a feed roller, a retard roller, a conveyance rollers pair. The pickup roller contacts a sheet at a first contact point in a pickup position and rotates to convey the sheet in a predetermined conveyance direction. The feed roller is disposed on a downstream side of the pickup roller in the conveyance direction. The retard roller contacts the feed roller at a second contact point and conveys the sheet while separating the sheet. The conveyance rollers pair contacts each other at a third contact point and conveys the sheet passing through the second contact point to a conveyance path. The first contact point, the second contact point and the third contact point are disposed on a linear line in the conveyance direction, when viewed from axial directions of the rollers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200331717A1 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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