Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 送纸器和成像设备
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Application No.: US11947142Application Date: 2007-11-29
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Publication No.: US07708266B2Publication Date: 2010-05-04
- Inventor: Atsuo Hirose
- Applicant: Atsuo Hirose
- 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: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd
- Priority: JP2006-323918 20061130
- Main IPC: B65H3/06
- IPC: B65H3/06

Abstract:
A sheet feeder comprising: a feed roller which feeds sheet by rotating in contact with the sheet; a separation roller which is disposed at a downstream side of a sheet feeding direction; a supporting member which supports the feed roller and the separation roller, the supporting member is supported so as to be swingable around the rotation axis of the separation roller; a drive source which drives the supporting member so as to swing; an arm pivot which is disposed between the drive source and the supporting member; a first arm which is disposed at a side of the drive source; and a second arm which is disposed at a side of the supporting member, the second arm is able to be separated from the first arm; wherein the first arm and the second arm are integrally swung around the arm pivot by the drive source, thereby the supporting member swinging.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080128973A1 Sheet Feeder and Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-06-05
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