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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Satoru Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A feeding device includes a body having a sheet placement surface on which a sheet that is to be fed is placed; a cover rotatably provided at the body and supporting a back edge portion in a feeding direction of the sheet placed on the sheet placement surface when the cover is open; a moving member provided at the sheet placement surface so as to be movable in a direction parallel to the feeding direction; a linking member extending in a movement direction of the moving member from the moving member, one end portion thereof being rotatably linked to the moving member using a rotary shaft that is parallel to a rotary shaft of the cover; and a sheet back-edge regulating member provided at the linking member so as to be movable in the movement direction, and regulating a back edge in the feeding direction of the sheet.