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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Kanzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/06 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 16/04 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); B65H 35/08 (2006.01); B65H 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 5/06 (2013.01); B65H 16/04 (2013.01); B65H 16/103 (2013.01); B65H 35/0006 (2013.01); B65H 35/08 (2013.01); G03G 15/652 (2013.01); B65H 2301/121 (2013.01); B65H 2301/122 (2013.01); B65H 2301/41358 (2013.01); B65H 2301/413223 (2013.01); B65H 2404/147 (2013.01); B65H 2405/40 (2013.01); B65H 2511/112 (2013.01); B65H 2553/40 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1311 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00455 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0129 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium feeding unit that is configure to be mounted to an image forming apparatus provided with an image forming unit and feeds a medium to the image forming unit includes a medium introducing part that introduces the medium to the image forming unit and a medium holding part that holds the medium at a feeding position from which the medium is fed to the image forming unit. The medium holding part is configured to be positioned at one of at least two different feeding positions relative to the medium introducing part.