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Sheet feeder for an image forming apparatus

US5060926A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 19, 1989
Grant dateOct 29, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 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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