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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Masato Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Masato Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/68 (2006.01); B65H 3/12 (2006.01); B65H 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/68 (2013.01); B65H 3/128 (2013.01); B65H 3/48 (2013.01); B65H 2404/693 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11425 (2013.01); B65H 2511/416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet stacker, an air blower, a float regulator, and a controller. The sheet stacker stacks sheets. The air blower blows air to the sheets. The float regulator regulates a floating position of the sheets and is movable between a float regulating position at which the float regulator regulates floating of the sheets and a retracted position. The controller transmits position information of the float regulator to a notification device.