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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1994
Masayoshi Kubo, Kofu, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device is provided with abreast sheet stackers each having an elevating tray for stacking sheets, which can be held at an upper sheet send-out position when no sheet is stacked. The elevating tray which remains stationary at the send-out position when the stacker becomes empty of sheet serves as a sheet guide member for delivering the sheet discharged from the adjoining sheet stacker to an image processing device such as a copying machine through a sheet transfer path. Since the stackers other than the first stacker do not necessitate a sheet separator nor sheet transfer path, the device can be simplified without deteriorating the sheet feeding performance and manufactured at a low cost.