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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2008
Masaya Asakawa, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Masahiko Fujita, Nara, JP;
Tadasu Taniguchi, Uda, JP;
Masatsugu Ohishi, Nara, JP;
Masaharu Kimura, Daito, JP;
Yasuaki Fukada, Nara, JP;
Norichika Katsura, Tenri, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Sakurai, JP;
Masaya Asakawa, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Masahiko Fujita, Nara, JP;
Tadasu Taniguchi, Uda, JP;
Masatsugu Ohishi, Nara, JP;
Masaharu Kimura, Daito, JP;
Yasuaki Fukada, Nara, JP;
Norichika Katsura, Tenri, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Sakurai, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A feeding device according to the present invention includes a box, paper holders, and a shifting mechanism. The box is open at its top. The paper holders are open at their tops and positioned in the box. Each of the paper holders holds a pile of sheets of paper in it. The shifting mechanism so shifts at least one of the paper holders that the top sheet in one of the paper holders is positioned in a single feed position in the box according to selection data output from the apparatus with which the feeding device is used.