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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Susumu Taniguchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a sheet guide portion disposed upstream of a nip portion so as to guide a leading edge of a sheet sent from a sheet storing portion to the nip portion, and a manual bypass guide member which extends from a manual bypass sheet feeder and has a leading edge portion disposed between the sheet guide portion and the nip portion and can be elastically deformed in up and down direction so as to guide a manual bypass sheet to the nip portion. The manual bypass sheet is guided by the manual bypass guide member toward the nip portion and is sent out by the feed roller to a sheet transport path.