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Patent No.:

US 10196220 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

May. 30, 2017

Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeding device, and device attachment body of the sheet feeding device

Applicants:

Mitsutaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;

Ikuo Fujii, Hyogo, JP;

Inventors:

Mitsutaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;

Ikuo Fujii, Hyogo, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Huan H Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 1/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); B65H 3/54 (2006.01); B65H 3/68 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/06 (2013.01); B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 3/54 (2013.01); B65H 3/68 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 2404/71 (2013.01); B65H 2405/115 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11425 (2013.01); B65H 2511/216 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1123 (2013.01); B65H 2701/132 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1916 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet feeding device, which is included in an image forming apparatus and includes a device attachment body, includes a sheet container configured to accommodate a sheet, a support configured to support a lower face of the sheet in the sheet container, a sheet width regulator configured to regulate a position of the sheet in a sheet width direction, a conveying force applier configured to apply a sheet conveying force in a sheet conveying direction to the sheet in the sheet container, and a sheet guide disposed above the sheet in the sheet container and configured to regulate movement of the sheet in an upper direction.

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Nakamura, Mitsutaka. (2019). Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeding device, and device attachment body of the sheet feeding device (U.S. Patent No. 10196220). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10196220

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