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US 10,081,509 B1Granted
Image forming apparatus and paper feeding method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenji Takashima
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an accommodation unit and at least one driving roller. The accommodation unit accommodates a paper sheet therein. The at least one driving roller is disposed contactably with the paper sheet. A rotation direction of the at least one driving roller with respect to the paper sheet at a contact part between the paper sheet and the roller intersects a carrying direction of the paper sheet.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a paper feeding unit configured to accommodate a paper sheet therein;
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- at least one driving roller configured to be disposed contactably with the paper sheet, the at least one driving roller has a rotation direction with respect to the paper sheet at a contact part between the paper sheet and the at least one driving roller that intersects a carrying direction of the paper sheet, wherein the rotation direction indicates a direction in which the at least one driving roller causes a force to act on the paper sheet, and wherein an intersection of the at least one driving roller includes at least an acute angle with respect to the carrying direction of the paper sheet and the paper width direction, wherein the at least one driving roller includes a first roller and a second roller, and the first roller and the second roller are disposed to be substantially symmetric to each other with respect to the carrying direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.