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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aich-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Takuya Naniwa, Kiyosu, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 3/0669 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); H04N 1/00588 (2013.01); H04N 1/00602 (2013.01); B65H 2402/61 (2013.01); B65H 2404/16 (2013.01); B65H 2404/17 (2013.01); B65H 2801/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feeder including a motor, a shaft configured to be driven to rotate by a driving force from the motor, the shaft being spaced apart from the motor in an axial direction of the shaft, the shaft being disposed to overlap in a view in the axial direction of the shaft, and a roller supported by the shaft and rotatable along with the shaft, the roller being configured to convey the sheet downstream in a sheet conveyance direction along a sheet conveyance path.