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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Junya Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 1/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/08 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 1/28 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); G03G 15/6511 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 2403/544 (2013.01); B65H 2405/112 (2013.01); B65H 2405/113 (2013.01); B65H 2405/114 (2013.01); B65H 2405/15 (2013.01); B65H 2601/322 (2013.01);
Abstract
A paper feed apparatus in accordance with the present invention feeds printing paper stored in a printing paper storage unit. The printing paper storage unit includes: a paper stacking table on which the printing paper is stacked; and an erected member erected along a side of the paper stacking table. The erected member includes a low erected portion formed lower in a height direction than a surrounding portion of the erected member. The paper stacking table has a top face thereof located at a position as high as, or higher than, the low erected portion in the height direction.