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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a feeding device and a detector. The feeding device is configured to feed a sheet to a destination. The detector is configured to detect the sheet at the destination. If the detector does not detect the sheet within a predetermined time after the start of preparation for a feeding operation by the feeding device, it is determined that the sheet is misfed. Further, the start of the feeding operation of a sheet is changed in accordance with the result of detection by the detector of the presence or absence of a sheet standing by at the destination.