Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 送纸装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US14715738Application Date: 2015-05-19
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Publication No.: US09359157B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Yasuo Niikura , Hidetoshi Kojima , Yuuta Mori , Takashi Fukumoto , Kiyotake Nakamura , Munehisa Fuda , Hideaki Takahashi , Hisayoshi Sugawara , Kazunori Konno , Tatsuya Sugawara , Kohjiroh Haga , Toshihiro Okutsu
- Applicant: Yasuo Niikura , Hidetoshi Kojima , Yuuta Mori , Takashi Fukumoto , Kiyotake Nakamura , Munehisa Fuda , Hideaki Takahashi , Hisayoshi Sugawara , Kazunori Konno , Tatsuya Sugawara , Kohjiroh Haga , Toshihiro Okutsu
- 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: JP2014-104410 20140520; JP2014-224014 20141104
- Main IPC: B65H1/00
- IPC: B65H1/00 ; B65H1/26 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H3/14 ; B65H1/18

Abstract:
A sheet feeding device includes: a sheet feeding tray attached to a casing in a manner slidable into and out from the casing and including a stacking plate on which sheets are stacked; a conveying unit configured to convey the sheets in a direction orthogonal to both a sliding direction of the sheet feeding tray and a stacking direction of the sheets; an optional extension unit configured to be removably attached to an upstream side of the stacking plate in a conveying direction, and including an extension plate configured to extend the stacking plate; and a first locking unit configured to be capable of being held in a first lock position where the sheet feeding tray cannot be slide when the optional extension unit is attached while, when the optional extension unit is removed, held in a first unlock position where the sheet feeding tray can be slid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160016740A1 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-01-21
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