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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2024
Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Keisuke Mizuguchi, Osaka, JP;

Kei Wakayama, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/0684 (2013.01); B65H 2404/152 (2013.01); B65H 2405/10 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet feeder includes: a multi-purpose tray; a guide roller provided at an end of the multi-purpose tray to come into contact a recording paper sheet protruding from the end of the multi-purpose tray; a spring member that supports the guide roller elastically and movably in upward and downward directions; and a pick-up roller that is disposed apart from the end of the multi-purpose tray movably in the upward and downward directions and, when moved downward, pulls out the recording paper sheet protruding across an upper side of a peripheral surface of the guide roller from the end of the multi-purpose tray while being pressed against a leading end portion of the recording paper sheet.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mizuguchi, Keisuke. (2026). Sheet feeder capable of pulling out and feeding sheet from multi-purpose tray, and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12540046). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12540046

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