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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Shingo Takai, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasushi Hashimoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Shingo Takai, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasushi Hashimoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feed apparatus including: a sheet storage tray that store a plurality of sheets; an suction belt that suctions an uppermost one of the sheets and conveys the sheet along a sheet conveyance surface; a nozzle including, first ejection openings that are disposed on both side ends across a substantially center portion of the suction belt and eject air toward the plurality of sheets, and a second ejection opening that is disposed at the substantially center portion of the suction belt and ejects air toward the suction belt; and a projecting member that projects downward with respect to the sheet conveyance surface, the projecting member being provided at a position opposite the nozzle with respect to the suction belt.