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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Hironori Ogasawara, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/66 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/66 (2013.01); B65H 3/0669 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01);
Abstract
A document feeder includes a device body, and an opening and closing cover which is provided to be openable and closable with respect to the device body, and including a paper feed roller and a paper feed roller drive shaft on the device body. The document feeder includes a guide member, which is mounted rotatably to the paper feed roller drive shaft on an outer side of the paper feed roller in a roller axis direction thereof. The guide member guides a document being conveyed, in a state where the opening and closing cover is closed, by being opposed to the paper feed roller drive shaft in a predetermined orientation.