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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Takai, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Tashiro, Osaka, JP;
Toshio Hori, Osaka, JP;
Yoshio Sugishima, Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Doyo, Osaka, JP;
Noriko Masuta, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feed device includes a feed unit and a sheet loading cassette. The feed unit includes a separation conveyance portion that is composed of a feed member and a separation member, a separation holder that supports the separation member and is swingable, and a pressing member that presses the separation holder. The sheet loading cassette includes a grip portion, a pressure release member that, in conjunction with an operation of drawing out the sheet loading cassette, comes into contact with the pressing member, an operation lever that is provided at the grip portion. In a state where the sheet loading cassette is inserted in the apparatus main body, the operation lever is gripped together with the grip portion, and thus the pressure release member slides to come into contact with the pressing member, so that the pressing member is released from the separation holder.