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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Yu Wakabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohei Shinkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsutaro Oishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Ohtsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yu Wakabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohei Shinkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsutaro Oishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Ohtsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet container to accommodate a recording medium, a sheet feeding body to press a surface of the recording medium in the sheet container and feed the recording medium in a sheet conveying direction, a pair of sheet position regulators to regulate a position of the recording medium in a sheet width direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction, and a load applier to contact the surface of the recording medium and apply a load to the recording medium at the surface. The recording medium is brought to move toward one of the pair of sheet position regulators while the recording medium is being fed. A lower face position in a standby state of the sheet feeding body is lower than a lower face position in a standby state of the load applier.