Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus, and sheet feeding method
- Patent Title (中): 送纸装置,成像装置和送纸方法
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Application No.: US12453531Application Date: 2009-05-14
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Publication No.: US07992860B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Ippei Kimura , Yasuo Matsuyama , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Yasuhide Ohkubo , Toshikane Nishii , Mizuna Tanaka , Tomoyoshi Yamazaki , Haruyuki Honda , Masafumi Takahira
- Applicant: Ippei Kimura , Yasuo Matsuyama , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Yasuhide Ohkubo , Toshikane Nishii , Mizuna Tanaka , Tomoyoshi Yamazaki , Haruyuki Honda , Masafumi Takahira
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2008-160894 20080619
- Main IPC: B65H3/52
- IPC: B65H3/52

Abstract:
A sheet feeding device includes a first roller that draws a recording medium at a first position and feeds the recording medium; a friction pad that comes into contact with the first roller with a predetermined contact pressure at a second position that is close to and downstream of the first position in a conveying direction of the recording medium and nips the recording medium with the first roller to convey the recording medium in the conveying direction; and a second roller that comes into contact with the first roller at a third position that is close to and downstream of the second position in the conveying direction and nips the recording medium with the first roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090315250A1 Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus, and sheet feeding method Public/Granted day:2009-12-24
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