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US08417174B2 Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
有权
纸张馈送装置和包含其的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 纸张馈送装置和包含其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12659103Application Date: 2010-02-25
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Publication No.: US08417174B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Tomoyoshi Yamazaki , Haruyuki Honda , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Kazuyoshi Kondo , Toshikane Nishii , Mizuna Tanaka
- Applicant: Tomoyoshi Yamazaki , Haruyuki Honda , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Kazuyoshi Kondo , Toshikane Nishii , Mizuna Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2009-046223 20090227
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; B65H1/00 ; B65H1/04

Abstract:
A sheet feeding device includes a sheet feed cassette, a bottom plate and an end wall mechanism. When the number of recording media sheets decreases, the bottom plate hinged at a trailing edge thereof rises about the hinged end to keep the top sheet of the recording media sheets in contact with a sheet feed roller. The end wall mechanism includes a first urging member, a first pressing member, a support member, and a second pressing member, and aligns and presses the trailing edge of the recording medium. The first pressing member urged by the first urging member and supported by the support member presses the trailing edge of the recording medium. The second pressing member urged by the second urging member moves down due to the weight of the recording medium on the second pressing member and moves up when the number of the recording media sheets decreases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100221051A1 Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating same Public/Granted day:2010-09-02
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