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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a rotary feeder to contact a first side of a sheet to feed the sheet downstream along a feed passage; a friction pad disposed opposing the rotary feeder with the feed passage interposed between the rotary feeder and the friction pad to form a separation nip, the friction pad having a first side facing the separation nip and a second side opposite the first side of the friction pad; a holder disposed on the second side of the friction pad and having a first side holding the friction pad and a second side opposite the first side of the holder; a guide support disposed on the second side of the holder; and a pair of guides disposed on the guide support to contact a second side of the sheet facing the friction pad to raise the sheet from a surface of the friction pad.