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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeder includes an apparatus main body, a sheet housing unit, and a sheet feeding unit. The sheet housing unit includes a housing space, a lift plate, an elevating mechanism, and a side fence. The elevating mechanism includes a pair of first wires, a pair of second wires, first pulleys, second pulleys, a reel, and a pair of first connecting members. The reel winds up the pair of first wires and the pair of second wires. The pair of first connecting members are connected to be relatively movable with respect to the lift plate in a vertical direction, causes a relative position to vary with respect to the lift plate in a vertical direction in accordance with a weight of the plurality of sheets loaded on the lift plate, and causes the lift plate to move upward when the weight is lighter than a predetermined value.