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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Takeshi Akai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiyuki Heishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Akai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiyuki Heishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An auto document feeder includes a movable document table on which documents are stacked, a pickup roller that feeds a topmost document among the documents on the movable document table to a feed position via a feed opening, and a shielding member that is arranged on the upstream side of the pickup roller and above the topmost document, and that shields the feed opening. At least an end portion of the shielding member on the document table side is made of a flexible member.