Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Feeding device and image forming apparatus having the same
- Patent Title (中): 送料装置及其成像装置
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Application No.: US12946218Application Date: 2010-11-15
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Publication No.: US08636278B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Yuki Emoto , Yasuyuki Asai
- Applicant: Yuki Emoto , Yasuyuki Asai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2009-270127 20091127
- Main IPC: B65H3/52
- IPC: B65H3/52

Abstract:
The feeding device includes a storage unit, a feeding roller which rotates while contacting the uppermost sheet stored in the storage unit to move the uppermost sheet forward, a separation plate disposed forward in the movement direction of the uppermost sheet and provided with an inclined surface inclined with respect to the movement direction, and a separation auxiliary member is disposed along the inclined surface of the separation plate and operated by a force received when the uppermost sheet comes in contact. The separation auxiliary member includes a rotation shaft parallel with the inclined surface, and a first resistance part rotating about the rotation shaft as the center from an initial position projecting from the inclined surface to an embedded position embedded in the inclined surface as a friction coefficient of the first resistance part is higher than that of the inclined surface and the received force is increased.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110127713A1 FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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