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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2001
Applicants:
Masanori Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Miki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masanori Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Miki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The sheet feeding apparatus feeds sheet media between a feed roller and a separating member pressed into contact with the feed roller, and separates and conveys sheet media held between the feed roller and the separating member one by one by utilizing differences in frictional coefficients between the feed roller, the separating member, and the sheet media. The sheet media are separated and conveyed while periodically changing the pressurizing force of the reverse roller against the feed roller.