Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Document feeder, image reader, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 文件馈送器,图像读取器和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13158557Application Date: 2011-06-13
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Publication No.: US08376349B2Publication Date: 2013-02-19
- Inventor: Yasumasa Morimoto , Hiroshi Nakatani , Masato Tamehira , Sohichi Takata
- Applicant: Yasumasa Morimoto , Hiroshi Nakatani , Masato Tamehira , Sohichi Takata
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2010-135490 20100614
- Main IPC: B65H5/22
- IPC: B65H5/22

Abstract:
A document feeder includes a document placing portion, a pick-up roller, a pair of feed rollers, a pair of registration rollers, a document sensor, a moving mechanism, and a control portion. The pick-up roller can move between a sheet feeding position where the pick-up roller contacts with the upper surface of the document placed on a placement surface and a standby position where the pick-up roller does not contact with the upper surface of the document placed on the placement surface. The document sensor detects a document between the feed rollers and the registration rollers in a document feed direction. The moving mechanism moves the pick-up roller up and down. The control portion moves the pick-up roller up to the standby position at a timing when the leading edge of the card document reaches the document sensor in a card document mode in which card documents are successively fed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110304094A1 DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE READER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-12-15
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