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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2009
Keiji Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Yoshio Sugishima, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Seiichi Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Yasunori Ueno, Osaka, JP;
Sachio Izumichi, Osaka, JP;
Keiji Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Yoshio Sugishima, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Seiichi Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Yasunori Ueno, Osaka, JP;
Sachio Izumichi, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a sheet accommodating portion for accommodating a sheet stack. A sheet carrying plate carries the sheet stack and has an upstream end supported in the sheet accommodating portion for rotation. A pickup roller contacts an upper face of the sheet stack and dispatches an uppermost sheet. An elevator displaces the sheet carrying plate between a feeding position where the upper face of the sheet stack contacts the pickup roller and a separating position where the upper face of the sheet stack is separated from the pickup roller. A first warm air mechanism blows warm air toward a side of the sheet stack in the sheet accommodating portion, the side being parallel to the sheet feeding direction. A controller controls the elevator so that the sheet carrying plate is displaced between the feeding position and the separating position during a warm air blowing operation.