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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Nishioka, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Daigo, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device () includes a cassette (), size detector (), and attachment detector (). The size detector () detects the size of sheets in the cassette (). The size detector () includes an interlocking member () and switch unit (). The interlocking member () includes size-detection target portions () and slides to sliding of a regulating member (). The switch unit () detects a position of the regulating member () based on a state of the switches () that detect the size-detection target portions (). The attachment detector () includes an attachment-detection target member () and attachment detecting member (). The attachment detecting member () detects the attachment-detection target member () in response to attachment of the cassette (). The controller () detects the sheet size based on a state of the switch unit () in response to the attachment detector () detecting attachment of the cassette ().