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Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2021
Applicants:

Kazunori Konno, Kanagawa, JP;

Masanobu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Hidetoshi Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoyuki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;

Tatsuya Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;

Yusuke Hirono, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kazunori Konno, Kanagawa, JP;

Masanobu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Hidetoshi Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoyuki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;

Tatsuya Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;

Yusuke Hirono, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 2405/31 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet feeding device includes a housing, a sheet stacker, a stacker elevator, an extension sheet stacker, and a support. The sheet stacker is included in the housing and is configured to stack a sheet. The stacker elevator is configured to elevate the sheet stacker. The extension sheet stacker is attached to the sheet stacker and is configured to extend outward from the housing. The support is configured to support the extension sheet stacker and has an inclined portion configured to diagonally extend in a sheet conveyance direction, to the housing from a position upstream from a center of the extension sheet stacker in the sheet conveyance direction, when viewed from a width direction of the sheet.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Konno, Kazunori. (2025). Sheet feeding device and image forming system incorporating the sheet feeding device (U.S. Patent No. 12312192). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12312192

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