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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Yasuo Matsuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhide Ohkubo, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Osaka, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Masafumi Takahira, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Yasuo Matsuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhide Ohkubo, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Osaka, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Masafumi Takahira, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a first roller that draws a recording medium at a first position and feeds the recording medium; a friction pad that comes into contact with the first roller with a predetermined contact pressure at a second position that is close to and downstream of the first position in a conveying direction of the recording medium and nips the recording medium with the first roller to convey the recording medium in the conveying direction; and a second roller that comes into contact with the first roller at a third position that is close to and downstream of the second position in the conveying direction and nips the recording medium with the first roller.