Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
US12049375B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 8, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/169
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes an opening/closing unit including a stacking portion, a moving unit including a feed roller and a moving member supporting the feed roller, an urging portion, and a transmitting portion to transmit urging force of the urging portion to the moving member. The opening/closing unit presses and moves the moving unit in the second direction against the urging force while the opening/closing unit moves from the open position to the closed position. A force that the opening/closing unit receives from the moving unit in a state where the opening/closing unit is at the closed position is smaller than a maximum force that the opening/closing unit receives from the moving unit that is urged in the first direction by the urging portion while the opening/closing unit moves from the open position to the closed position.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.