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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetaka Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus including separating members in a conveyance direction of sheets conveyed from a paper tray, the separating members being configured to separate the sheets one by one. The separating members include an upward regulating member configured to regulate a central part of a sheet in a width direction in a manner that the central part of the sheet points upward, and downward regulating members on both sides of the upward regulating member, the downward regulating members each being configured to regulate both ends of the sheet in the width direction in a manner that both ends of the sheet point downward. A position of an upper end of the upward regulating member is higher than a position of a lower end of each downward regulating member.