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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Hiroyuki Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeder providing accurate separation of an uppermost sheet from remaining sheets of a sheet stack stored in a hopper regardless of a size and rigidity of the sheets. The sheet feeder includes a sheet feed roller positioned in confrontation with the hopper for feeding the sheet in a sheet feeding direction. A wall of a frame confronts an outlet end portion of the hopper. The wall is provided with a slanted surface sloping toward the sheet feeding direction, and a stop member protrudable from or retractable into the slanted surface. A recessed portion is open to the slanted surface, and the stop member can be assembled to the recessed portion from an upper open side of the recessed portion. A pair of opposing side walls providing therebetween an upper open space are provided. A rotation shaft of the sheet feed roller can be assembled to the pair of side walls from the upper open space.