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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Namba, Osaka, JP;
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Namba, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding mechanism incorporatable in an image forming apparatus includes a cover unit rotatably attached to one side of a main body of an image forming apparatus to cover a part of a sheet conveyance path, a first feeding member located in a main body of the apparatus, a second feeding member located in the cover unit in a displaceable manner and facing the first feeding member when the cover unit is closed and sandwiching and conveying a recording medium along the sheet conveyance path with the first feeding member, and a guide member disposed in the main body to guide the second feeding member. The guide member guides the second feeding member to move in a first direction that approaches the first feeding member when closing the cover unit and in a second direction that separates from the first feeding member when opening the cover unit.