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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
Tomoya Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Hyogo, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoya Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Hyogo, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet loader on which a sheet is loaded, a sheet feeding body to feed the sheet from the sheet loader, and a sheet separator disposed to contact the sheet feeding body. The sheet is fed at a first average sheet feeding speed at which the sheet feeding body is in contact with the sheet separator without holding the sheet with the sheet separator. The sheet is fed at a second average sheet feeding speed at which the sheet feeding body is holding the sheet with the sheet separator. The first average sheet feeding speed is set smaller than the second average sheet feeding speed.