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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Kazuyasu Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuzou Ikeyama, Kagoshima, JP;
Yoshiya Ishiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinzo Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Akinori Murata, Kawasaki, JP;
Osamu Kajitani, Kawasaki, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a feeder, image-forming device, and remaining amount detecting method that allows a user to simply and effectively determine upon issuing a print command whether the print command will be executed completely without a loss of paper. The inventive feeder for feeding a recordable medium to a processor part that performs a process comprises: a sheet placement part that can accommodate a plurality of the recordable media in a stack of layered sheets, and rotate and shift to a suitable position for feeding the recordable media to the processor part; and a shift amount indicator part that is configured to rotate in a direction of rotation of the sheet placement part as the sheet placement part rotates, so as to enable a shift amount of the sheet placement part corresponding to a remaining amount of the recordable media to be electrically transmitted to an external device.