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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Masaharu Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Masatsugu Ohishi, Hyogo, JP;
Masahiko Fujita, Nara, JP;
Tadasu Taniguchi, Nara, JP;
Yasuaki Fukada, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Masaharu Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Masatsugu Ohishi, Hyogo, JP;
Masahiko Fujita, Nara, JP;
Tadasu Taniguchi, Nara, JP;
Yasuaki Fukada, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A paper feeding deviceprovided in an image forming apparatusA according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with a loading memberin which sheets P can be stacked and a central bending sectionconfigured to upwardly raise a sheet transport direction X central area Pof the sheet P for sheets P stacked in the loading member