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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yutaka Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271162 ; 271127 ; 271145 ;
Abstract
A sheet feeder for an image forming apparatus implemented as a unit which is removable from a body of the apparatus and can be positioned relative to the apparatus body with accuracy. Side plates which form a part of a housing each has a bent portion through which a hole is formed, and a projection provided with a notch. The holes of the side plates are individually mated with positioning pins which are studded on two posts of the image forming apparatus, while the notches are individually mated with positioning pins which are affixed to a bottom panel of the apparatus.