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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Yoshiharu Yoneda, Nara, JP;
Tatsuya Inoue, Nara, JP;
Shinji Nakazawa, Kyoto, JP;
Shuhji Fujii, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyuki Ueda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiharu Yoneda, Nara, JP;
Tatsuya Inoue, Nara, JP;
Shinji Nakazawa, Kyoto, JP;
Shuhji Fujii, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyuki Ueda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet feeding device for an image forming apparatus can perform various operations. These are, for example, an operation to start an image formation and an output process that inhibits opening and closing of a feeding route interlocked with opening and closing of a storage section. This is done if the received operation or a process executed based on the operation satisfies a preset predetermined condition.