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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kentaro Yamada, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 9/00 (2006.01); D21F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 9/00 (2013.01); D21F 7/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hopper includes a receiving member having a guide surface that guides a non-flat strip-shaped sheet and a posture adjusting unit that adjusts a posture of the falling sheet and sends it to the guide surface, and a discharge unit that discharges the sheet. The posture adjusting unit may have a posture adjusting surface continuous with the guide surface and bent from the guide surface so as to form a ridge line at a boundary portion with the guide surface.