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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Yasuo Niikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuo Niikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 3/12 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/26 (2013.01); B65H 3/128 (2013.01); B65H 2405/112 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11161 (2013.01); B65H 2405/15 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1916 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feeding device comprises a bottom plate, an auxiliary tray and a tilt table. The bottom plate is configured to move along a vertical axis. The auxiliary tray is disposed on the bottom plate. The tilt table includes a lower table disposed on the bottom plate, an upper table rotatably connected to the lower table at one end of the upper table by a pivot, and a resilient member disposed between the upper table and the lower table, the resilient member configured to press the upper table upward. The auxiliary tray and the upper table are configured to receive and hold sheets in a stack.