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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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Okutsu, Toshihiro. (2024). Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12162714). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12162714

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