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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2004
Masahiro Kamimura, Nagoya, JP;
Kazumasa Makino, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Kamimura, Nagoya, JP;
Kazumasa Makino, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device for forming an image on a cut image recording medium that includes a sheet feeder unit storing a stack of image recording mediums, and a separation unit that intermittently separates one sheet of the stack from a remaining stack at a separating position and feeds the one sheet in a sheet feeding direction. The image forming device also includes an image forming unit at which a visible image is formed on the image recording medium fed from the sheet feeder unit, a conveying path extending between the sheet feeder unit and the image forming unit, and a sheet leading edge position regulating unit having a part selectively protrudable into the sheet conveying path to provide a protruding position. Finally, the leading edge position of the image recording medium is regulated upon protrusion of the part into the sheet conveying path.