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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2014
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Jumpei Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Nonaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Jumpei Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Nonaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet container, an image forming part to form an image, a sheet feeding rotary body to feed the recording medium, a sheet separating rotary body to contact the sheet feeding rotary body and rotate with the sheet feeding rotary body with a sheet separation nip region formed therebetween, a rotation adjusting unit to adjust rotation of the sheet separating rotary body, a sheet containing unit to contain the recording media therein, a sheet separating body storing unit disposed at one end of the sheet containing unit to store the sheet separating body therein, and a load resistance applying mechanism to apply a rotational load resistance different from a contact force generated by contacting of the sheet separating rotary body with the sheet feeding rotary body, to the sheet feeding rotary body with no rotation driving force applied thereto.