18666727. SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha)
SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Masahiro Ohno of Yokohama Kanagawa JP
SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18666727 titled 'SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a tray on which a plurality of sheets can be stacked, the tray being movable in a vertical direction to lift the sheets, a pickup roller that is rotatable to convey an uppermost sheet of the sheets in a conveyance direction when the sheets are lifted and pressed against the pickup roller, a first guide that is disposed adjacent to the pickup roller and guides the uppermost sheet conveyed by the pickup roller along the conveyance direction, and a pair of lifting members that support the sheets that are stacked in the tray. The lifting members extend along the conveyance direction, are spaced apart in a width direction of the sheets that is transverse to the conveyance direction, and are movable in the vertical direction together with the tray.