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US 12,234,115 B2Granted
Paper feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsShoichi Maeda, Masahito Niwa, Yuichi Araki
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Abstract
A paper feeding apparatus includes: a paper feeder configured to feed out the uppermost paper included in a paper bundle; a blower configured to blow gas to a lateral side of the paper bundle; and a processor configured to reduce an amount of the gas blown to the lateral side when a predetermined specific condition is satisfied.
Claims9
A paper feeding apparatus comprising:
- a paper feeder configured to feed out the uppermost paper included in a paper bundle;
- a blower configured to blow gas to a blowing target area of a lateral side of the paper bundle;
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- a processor configured to change a size of the blowing target area to which the gas is blown such that a vertical width of the blowing target area changes.
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A paper feeding apparatus comprising:
- a paper feeder configured to feed out the uppermost paper included in a paper bundle;
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- a blower configured to blow gas to a lateral side of the paper bundle, the blower being configured to blow the gas to a guide surface that guides and changes the direction of the gas to go toward the lateral side, wherein:
- a position of the guide surface with respect to the paper bundle can be changed,
- the guide surface is disposed above the paper bundle in a state of facing toward the paper bundle, and
- the paper feeding apparatus is configured to enter at least two states that comprise
- a first state where a portion of the paper bundle is disposed at a position that faces the guide surface, and
- a second state where the paper bundle is not disposed at the position that faces the guide surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.