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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Chiharu Matsukawa, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Chiharu Matsukawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet feeder has a sheet traydisposed in such a way as to be able to rotate around a shaftwhich is provided in such a manner as to be nearly perpendicular to a sheet mounting surfaceand enabled to be accommodated in a sheet feeder body. The sheet feeder also has a step-like partprovided in the sheet trayin such a fashion as to be placed in a connection portion, in which the sheet trayand an upper edge partof a sheet mounting portionof the sheet feeder body are connected to each other, when the sheet trayis used, and an abutting ribfor frontwardly pushing the sheet traywhen the sheet trayis used.