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US 12,071,318 B2Granted
Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMasato Hashimoto
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Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet stacker, an air blower, a float regulator, and a controller. The sheet stacker stacks sheets. The air blower blows air to the sheets. The float regulator regulates a floating position of the sheets and is movable between a float regulating position at which the float regulator regulates floating of the sheets and a retracted position. The controller transmits position information of the float regulator to a notification device.
Claims20
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
- a sheet stacker configured to stack sheets in a sheet bundle;
- an air blower configured to blow air to the sheets;
- a side fence configured to regulate a position of the sheet bundle in a width direction of the sheet bundle;
- a float regulator configured to regulate a floating position of the sheets, the float regulator being movable between a float regulating position and a retracted position, the float regulator protruding from the side fence toward a center of the sheet bundle in the width direction when in the float regulating position, and the float regulator being retracted inside the side fence when in the retracted position;
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- a controller configured to transmit position information of the float regulator to a notification device.
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A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
- a sheet stacker configured to stack sheets in a sheet bundle;
- an air blower configured to blow air to the sheets;
- a side fence configured to regulate a position of the sheet bundle in a width direction of the sheet bundle;
- a float regulator configured to regulate a floating position of the sheets;
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- a controller configured to cause the float regulator to moves between a float regulating position and a retracted position, the float regulator protruding from the side fence toward a center of the sheet bundle in the width direction when in the float regulating position, the float regulator being retracted inside the side fence when in the retracted position, the controller being configured to cause the float regulator to move to one of the retracted position or the float regulating position based on a type of the sheets stacked on the sheet stacker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.