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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yukio Shiohara, Nagoya, JP;
Yohei Hashimoto, Nagakute, JP;
Masamitsu Ukai, Nagoya, JP;
Hirotaka Mori, Nagoya, JP;
Noriyuki Kawamata, Nagoya, JP;
Masahito Saeki, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Okuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Makoto Souda, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device having sheet feed tray configured to support multiple sheets be movably inserted to a main body. A sheet feed roller is configured to contact the sheet supported by the sheet feed tray and rotate to apply a feeding force to feed the sheet in a sheet feed direction. The sheet feed roller is configured to contact the sheet feed tray when there is no sheet on the sheet feed tray. A push latch mechanism is arranged on a downstream side with respect to the sheet feed roller in the sheet feed direction. A state of the push latch mechanism is alternately switched between an engaged state and a disengaged state every time when a pressing force is applied to the push latch mechanism. A first spring is configured to exert an elastic force to move the sheet feed tray toward a near side.