Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feed device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16560526Application Date: 2019-09-04
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Publication No.: US11208278B2Publication Date: 2021-12-28
- Inventor: Danh Chien Nguyen
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-170238 20180912
- Main IPC: B65H1/26
- IPC: B65H1/26 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H5/06 ; B65H3/06

Abstract:
A sheet feed device includes a sheet storage portion, a first regulation portion, a feed portion, and a second regulation portion. The sheet storage portion is attached to an apparatus main body in a detachable manner. A sheet is stored in the sheet storage portion. The first regulation portion stands on a bottom surface of the sheet storage portion and regulates a position of the sheet in a predetermined width direction by externally abutting on a first side of the sheet in the width direction. The feed portion is provided in the apparatus main body and feeds the sheet in a feed direction perpendicular to the width direction. The second regulation portion is provided in the apparatus main body and regulates a position of the sheet by externally abutting on the first side at a downstream of the first regulation portion in the feed direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200081388A1 SHEET FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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