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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshio Sugishima, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Takai, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 2402/343 (2013.01); B65H 2405/114 (2013.01); B65H 2405/214 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-closing device is configured to retract a unit capable of being pulled out with respect to an apparatus main body, to the apparatus main body. The self-closing device includes a plurality of retracting modules configured to retract the unit from a retracting start position towards a retracting end position. The plurality of retracting modules are provided such that retracting strokes from the retracting start position to the retracting end position partially overlap each other and the retracting start positions are different from each other in the retracting direction.