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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2024
Hiroshi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayumu Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Takai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuichi Shirane, Chiba, JP;
Takashi Munakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kurata, Tokyo, JP;
Sakiko Tomizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayumu Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Takai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuichi Shirane, Chiba, JP;
Takashi Munakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kurata, Tokyo, JP;
Sakiko Tomizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeder includes a sheet placement unit to place a sheet, and an indicator indicating a predetermined position at which the sheet is to be set on the sheet placement unit. The indicator is movable between a first position at which the indicator is adjacent to or in contact with the sheet on the sheet placement unit and a second position farther than the first position from the sheet placement unit.