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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Applicants:
Toshihiro Okutsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Toshihiro Okutsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/22 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/08 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/08 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1431 (2013.01); B65H 2404/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feeder includes a separator to separate an uppermost layer from a bundle of sheets stacked on a sheet stacker, a conveyor to convey a sheet of the uppermost layer one by one along a sheet conveyance path, and a first air blowing port and a second air blowing port disposed along the sheet conveyance path, to blow air upstream in a sheet conveyance direction. The second air blowing port is disposed downstream from the first air blowing port.