The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Yasuhide Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhide Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/12 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/12 (2013.01); B65H 3/0661 (2013.01); B65H 2301/44324 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1111 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1117 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1124 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2511/15 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a storage, a discharger, an angle adjuster, and an urging body. The storage stores a sheet bundle. The discharger contacts and discharge an uppermost sheet of the sheet bundle from the storage in a sheet conveying direction in which the uppermost sheet is conveyed. The angle adjuster changes an angle according to a remaining amount of the sheet bundle in the storage. The urging body urges a trailing end of the uppermost sheet in the sheet conveying direction toward the discharger in stages according to the remaining amount.