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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Koji Takito, Nissin, JP;
Singo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Koji Takito, Nissin, JP;
Singo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeder including: a storing unit that stores a plurality of sheets of recording medium; a retaining unit provided at an edge of the recording medium that is stored in the storing unit, and having an inclined surface that is inclined to a surface of the recording medium and a protrusion member that retains the edge of the recording medium in a state being protruded from the inclined surface to be in contact with the edge of the recording medium; a sheet feeding mechanism that conveys the recording medium stacked in the storing unit toward the retaining unit and feeds the recording medium; and a protrusion amount adjusting mechanism that adjusts a protrusion amount of the protrusion member from the inclined surface.