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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2001
Akira Kabamoto, Iwate-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic sheet-feeding device of a printer includes a sheet loading section, delivery rollers, and a separating plate. When recording sheets placed on the sheet loading section are supplied, the delivery rollers are rotationally driven in contact with the sheet loading section, and the inclination of the separating plate with respect to the surface of the sheet loading section is changed to an angle that allows the uppermost recording sheet to be separated one by one. Except when the recording sheet is supplied from the sheet loading section, the delivery rollers are separated from the sheet loading section, and the separating plate is inclined substantially perpendicularly to the surface of the sheet loading section to hold the recording sheets.