Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped therewith
US6769680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2405/1136
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a sheet feeding apparatus that has sheet supporting device for supporting a sheet, a driving rotary member driven and rotated by a driving source, a rocking member disposed rockably on the driving rotary member, a sheet feeding rotary member rotatably disposed on the rocking member and can be brought into contact with the sheet supported by the sheet supporting device, a following rotary member coupled with the sheet feeding rotary member on the rocking member, a winding and hanging member hung around the driving rotary member and the following rotary member, a separating slant surface disposed on a side of leading ends of sheets fed out by the sheet feeding rotary member for separating the sheets one by one, and rocking force generating device disposed on the rocking member for guiding a tensed side of the winding and hanging member in a direction away from the sheets, and for generating a rocking force, on the rocking member, which brings the sheet feeding rotary member into pressure contact with the sheet by receiving a pressing force produced due to a tension of the tensed side.
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