Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supply device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17152315Application Date: 2021-01-19
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Publication No.: US11703790B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Shoichi Maeda , Teruki Naganuma
- Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP 20153092 2020.09.11
- Main IPC: B65H3/14
- IPC: B65H3/14 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A supply device includes: a loading portion where recording media are loaded; a transport unit to transport the media; a contact portion provided on the loading portion, the contact portion being in contact with a side end portion of the media having a first size in a direction intersecting with a transport direction, the contact portion having a blowing portion to blow air to the side end portion; a guide portion detachably attached to the contact portion when media having a second size smaller than the media having the first size are loaded, the guide portion being configured to guide a side end portion of the media having the second size; and a duct provided in the guide portion, the duct including a discharge port to blow the air from the blowing portion to an upper end portion of the media having the second size loaded on the loading portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220082977A1 SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-17
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