Sheet feeder for an image forming apparatus
US5060926A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H5/062
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet feeder for an image forming apparatus having a sheet feed unit which incorporates a pair of feed rollers for feeding paper sheets one by one out of at least one sheet cassette toward an image transfer station by nipping them. The sheet feed unit is automatically moved by a guide to a position where the feed rollers align with the intermediate between opposite widthwise edges of the paper sheets.
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