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US 11,247,867 B2Granted
Sheet feeding device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahito Ikeda
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Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a feeding guide of resin material constituting a sheet feeding path along which a sheet is fed; a feeding roller for feeding the sheet along the feeding path, the feeding roller being provided with a metal shaft; a sheet sensor configured to detect the sheet fed along the sheet feeding path; and a grounding member electrically grounding the shaft. The feeding guide has a guiding surface for guiding the sheet, and the guiding surface is provided with a hole portion for exposing the shaft to the sheet feeding path.
Claims13
A sheet feeding device comprising:
- a feeding roller configured to feed a sheet, said feeding roller comprising a metal shaft;
- a feeding guide of resin material constituting a sheet feeding path through which the sheet fed by said feeding roller passes;
- a sheet sensor configured to detect the sheet fed by said feeding roller;
- and
- a grounding member electrically grounding said shaft,
- wherein said feeding guide comprises a guiding surface configured to guide the sheet,
- wherein said guiding surface is provided with a hole portion, and
- wherein said shaft and said sheet sensor are exposed to said sheet feeding path through said hole portion.
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A sheet feeding device comprising:
- a feeding roller configured to feed a sheet, said feeding roller comprising (a) a metal shaft and (b) a roller portion supported by said shaft;
- a feeding guide of resin material constituting a sheet feeding path through which the sheet fed by said feeding roller passes;
- a sheet sensor configured to detect the sheet fed by said feeding roller;
- and
- a grounding member electrically grounding said shaft,
- wherein said feeding guide comprises a guiding surface configured to guide the sheet,
- wherein said guiding surface is provided with a first hole portion and a second hole portion,
- wherein said shaft is exposed to said sheet feeding path through said first hole portion, and
- wherein said roller portion is exposed to said sheet feeding path through said second hole portion so as to feed the sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.