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US 12,162,714 B2Granted
Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsToshihiro Okutsu, Junya Suzuki
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Abstract
A sheet feeder includes a separator to separate an uppermost layer from a bundle of sheets stacked on a sheet stacker, a conveyor to convey a sheet of the uppermost layer one by one along a sheet conveyance path, and a first air blowing port and a second air blowing port disposed along the sheet conveyance path, to blow air upstream in a sheet conveyance direction. The second air blowing port is disposed downstream from the first air blowing port.
Claims5
A sheet feeder comprising:
- a separator configured to separate an uppermost layer from a bundle of sheets stacked on a sheet stacker;
- a conveyor configured to convey a sheet of the uppermost layer one by one along a sheet conveyance path;
- a first air blowing port disposed along the sheet conveyance path and configured to blow air upstream in a sheet conveyance direction;
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- a second air blowing port disposed along the sheet conveyance path and downstream from the first air blowing port, the second air blowing port being configured to blow air upstream in the sheet conveyance direction,
- wherein the conveyor includes a sheet feeding roller pair disposed along the sheet conveyance path, and
- wherein the first air blowing port is disposed upstream from the sheet feeding roller pair and the second air blowing port is disposed downstream from the sheet feeding roller pair.
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