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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuo Shiba, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/14 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/14 (2013.01); G03G 15/502 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); B65H 2405/114 (2013.01); B65H 2553/41 (2013.01); B65H 2553/414 (2013.01); B65H 2553/416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feed apparatus comprises a tray, a pair of first guide sections, and a first optical sensor. The tray has a housing section for accommodating a plurality of sheets. The pair of first guide sections, arranged in the tray, sandwich the sheets in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction. The first optical sensor provided above a bottom of the housing section in at least one of the first guide sections, is configured to detect one or more of uppermost sheets accommodated in the housing section.