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US07938396B2 Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus including sheet feeding device with a sheet feeding preparation period 有权
片材进给装置和图像形成装置,包括具有片材进给准备期的片材进给装置

Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus including sheet feeding device with a sheet feeding preparation period
Abstract:
A sheet feeding device has a sheet accommodating portion for accommodating a sheet stack, a sheet carrying plate for carrying the sheet stack and a pickup roller that dispatches the uppermost sheet of the stack. An elevator displaces the sheet carrying plate between a sheet feeding position where an upper face of the sheet stack contacts the pickup roller and a separating position where the upper face of the sheet stack is separated from the pickup roller. A first warm air mechanism blows warm air toward a side face of the sheet stack. A controller causes the first warm air mechanism to blow warm air to the side face of the sheet stack and causes the elevator to displace the sheet carrying plate between the sheet feeding position and the separating position.
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