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.: US14258343Application Date: 2014-04-22
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Publication No.: US09302868B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Yoshikuni Ishikawa , Tetsutaro Yasuda , Manabu Nonaka
- Applicant: Yoshikuni Ishikawa , Tetsutaro Yasuda , Manabu Nonaka
- 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: JP2013-089706 20130422; JP2013-153810 20130724; JP2013-253900 20131209
- Main IPC: B65H3/16
- IPC: B65H3/16 ; B65H3/18 ; B65H1/14 ; B65H3/54
Abstract:
A sheet feeder, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes an endless attraction belt that is rotatably disposed facing a top surface of a sheet stack, a belt charger to attract an uppermost sheet of the sheet stack, and a sheet separator to press the attraction belt against the sheet stack, bend a contact region to which the uppermost sheet is attracted and contacted to the attraction belt, and separate the uppermost sheet from a subsequent sheet or other sheet of the sheet stack. In this configuration, a curvature of a contact surface of the sheet separator with respect to the attraction belt is changeable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140312557A1 SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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