Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14338784Application Date: 2014-07-23
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Publication No.: US08998194B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Hidetaka Okamoto
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Priority: JP2013-158050 20130730
- Main IPC: B65H3/00
- IPC: B65H3/00 ; B65H7/20 ; B65H3/06

Abstract:
There is provided an image forming apparatus including separating members in a conveyance direction of sheets conveyed from a paper tray, the separating members being configured to separate the sheets one by one. The separating members include an upward regulating member configured to regulate a central part of a sheet in a width direction in a manner that the central part of the sheet points upward, and downward regulating members on both sides of the upward regulating member, the downward regulating members each being configured to regulate both ends of the sheet in the width direction in a manner that both ends of the sheet point downward. A position of an upper end of the upward regulating member is higher than a position of a lower end of each downward regulating member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150035224A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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