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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271157 ; 271126 ; 271153 ; 271155 ; 271164 ;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus for a copying machine, printing machine, etc. having a sheet feeding tray for supporting sheets thereon, which is adapted to be moved out of the machine for replenishing or replacing the sheets and then inserted into the machine and moved vertically within the machine to a sheet feeding position. The sheet feeding tray is mounted in a sheet feeding frame capable of moving into and out of the machine and can be moved vertically in the sheet feeding frame when this frame has reached its sheet feeding position, a common drive motor being provided for moving the sheet feeding frame into and out of the machine and vertically moving the sheet feeding tray within the sheet feeding frame.