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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shota Kase, Kawasaki, JP;
Minoru Kawanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Hirotaka Ishii, Suntou-gun, JP;
Keisuke Fujita, Sagamihara, JP;
Akinori Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 (2006.01); B65H 1/12 (2006.01); B65H 3/02 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/12 (2013.01); B65H 3/5207 (2013.01); B65H 3/02 (2013.01); B65H 3/0607 (2013.01); B65H 3/5223 (2013.01); B65H 2402/543 (2013.01); B65H 2403/512 (2013.01); B65H 2403/60 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1113 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding device having a separation pad holding unit, a separation pad fixing unit, and a compression unit while vibration damping unit(such as a sponge member and a Mylar member) that is attached to the compression unit does not contact the separation pad holding unit and the separation pad fixing unit.