Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Feed device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 进料装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US12627085Application Date: 2009-11-30
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Publication No.: US08191892B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Munehisa Fuda
- Applicant: Munehisa Fuda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2008-315229 20081211
- Main IPC: B65H1/00
- IPC: B65H1/00

Abstract:
A feed device includes a paper tray on which sheets are stacked and a side fence that guides a side edges of a sheet stacked on the paper tray in a sheet feed direction. The feed device feeds an uppermost sheet from the sheets stacked on the paper tray to an image forming apparatus. A plurality of concavities and convexities integrally formed with an identical material to the side fence is formed on a surface of the side fence that is in contact with an edge face of a fed sheet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100148430A1 FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-06-17
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