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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Hyogo, JP;
Tomoya Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Hyogo, JP;
Tomoya Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeder of a friction pad separation type, which can be included in an image forming apparatus, includes a feeder body, a rotary feed body, a separation body, a holder, and a leaf spring. The rotary feed body is disposed in the feeder body and feeds a recording medium along a sheet conveying direction. The separation body is fixed to the feeder body while facing the rotary feed body. The separation body separates the recording medium with the rotary feed body. The holder has a rotary shaft and holds the separation body while being rotatably supported by the rotary shaft. The leaf spring has a flexible deforming part that contacts an area adjacent to the rotary shaft and a line of action of a pressing force of the flexible deforming part passing close by the rotary shaft.