Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 纸张馈送器和包含其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14521649Application Date: 2014-10-23
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Publication No.: US09150370B2Publication Date: 2015-10-06
- Inventor: Takahiro Ogino , Tetsuya Ofuchi , Yasuyuki Sekino , Kohtaroh Oda
- Applicant: Takahiro Ogino , Tetsuya Ofuchi , Yasuyuki Sekino , Kohtaroh Oda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2013-222213 20131025
- Main IPC: B65H3/18
- IPC: B65H3/18 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H1/14 ; B65H3/54 ; B65H3/04
Abstract:
A sheet feeder, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet container, a sheet conveying member disposed facing a sheet stack that includes multiple sheet members loaded on the sheet container to separate an uppermost sheet member placed on the sheet stack from the other sheet members and to convey the uppermost sheet member, and a pressing member switchable between a pressing position to press the sheet stack from above and a retracted position to separate from the sheet stack.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150115518A1 SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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