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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Takeshi Yokemura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Masaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Udagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yumiko Kurosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Yokemura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Masaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Udagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yumiko Kurosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet material feeding device comprises a sheet material housing part housing a sheet bundle having a plurality of sheet being stacked; a conveying-out unit press-contacting onto the front edge side of the upper surface of the sheet bundle to exert a push-out force, feeding a sheet by the push-out force in a predetermined conveying-out direction, and separating the sheet from the sheet bundle; a feeding unit arranged on the downstream side of the sheet material housing part along the conveying-out direction and continuing the feeding of the sheet, and after the conveying-out unit moves away from the rear edge of a preceding sheet, the conveying-out unit conveys a following sheet in a state that the following sheet is overlapped at the lower side of the preceding sheet until the front edge of the following sheet reaches a predetermined guide position set between the sheet bundle and the feeding unit.