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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2006
Akira Nakashima, Kyoto, JP;
Toyoaki Nanba, Higashiosaka, JP;
Akira Nakashima, Kyoto, JP;
Toyoaki Nanba, Higashiosaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a stacking plate, a sheet stacker, and a damping member. The stacking plate is liftably supported in the sheet stacker and is adapted for sheets to be fed into a sheet processing apparatus to be stacked thereon. The sheet stacker is adapted to be movable between a housed position where the stacker is housed in a housing and an exposed position where the stacking plate is exposed outside of the housing. The damping member is adapted to exert on the sheet stacker a damping force according to moving speed of the sheet stacker, thereby limiting the moving speed.