- Patent Title: Sheet feed apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same
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Application No.: US15995296Application Date: 2018-06-01
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Publication No.: US10450155B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Yasuhiro Suto , Yasumasa Morimoto , Hironori Ogasawara , Toshiki Ohgita
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-202556 20151014; JP2016-164259 20160825
- Main IPC: B65H3/52
- IPC: B65H3/52 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H3/06 ; G03G15/00
Abstract:
A sheet feed apparatus includes a sheet separation unit, and the sheet separation unit includes a separation roller that is provided so as to be brought into contact to an outer peripheral surface of a sheet feed roller, and separates a sheet fed by the sheet feed roller into one. The sheet separation unit comprises a hook for rotatably supporting the sheet separation unit in a main body casing of the sheet feed apparatus and an engaging claw that makes the sheet separation unit engage with the main body casing. Therefore, the sheet separation unit is held in the main body casing detachably.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180273318A1 SHEET FEED APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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