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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Oshiro, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Ken Iguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Isao Yahata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kikuo Mizutani, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Taki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Chiaki Iizuka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hidetoshi Yokochi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuchihashi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Hazu, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoichi Yamaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yuichi Saito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Jun Ishii, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feed apparatus which includes a sheet feed tray in which a plurality of sheets is loaded in piles; a sheet feed roller which is provided at a forward position of the sheet feed tray in a sheet feed direction, and sends the loaded sheets inside thereof; and a lift detection sensor which detects, by using a movable lever, a lift of a sheet bundle which occurs when the sheet bundle, of which a rear or a side in a sheet feed direction is bound, is sent by the sheet feed roller therein, the lift detection sensor being provided at a side position of the sheet bundle in a width direction and at a backward position with respect to the center of the sheet bundle in the sheet feed direction.