Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeder, sheet feeding assembly, and method of mounting sheet feeding assembly in sheet feeder
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Application No.: US15276082Application Date: 2016-09-26
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Publication No.: US09783380B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Yuichiro Kuriki
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2015-195232 20150930
- Main IPC: B65H3/06
- IPC: B65H3/06 ; B65H3/52 ; B65H5/06

Abstract:
A sheet feeder includes: a sheet feeding assembly including: a shaft having an insertion part; and a feed roller; and a main body including: a rotary part; and first and second bearings. The main body supports the sheet feeding assembly. The rotary part rotates upon transmission of a drive force and receives the insertion part. The bearings support the shaft. An opening of an open portion of the first bearing has a circumferential dimension greater than a diameter of the shaft. The shaft supported by the bearings is movable between a mounted position and a retracted position. The feed roller is supported by the shaft, and movable as the shaft moves between the mounted position and the retracted position. The insertion part is separated from the rotary part when the shaft is in the retracted position, and inserted into the rotary part to place the shaft in the mounted position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170088374A1 SHEET FEEDER, SHEET FEEDING ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF MOUNTING SHEET FEEDING ASSEMBLY IN SHEET FEEDER Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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