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US 2009/0289410 A1Published application
Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with sheet feeding apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDaisuke UEDA, Akira Kosugi
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Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus is provided with a sheet feeding device 60, a first air blow device 40 to blow air towards a side edge of a sheet bundle and a sheet side regulation member 71. The sheet side edge regulation member is provided with an air outlet 72 to blow air towards the side edge of the sheet bundle and an exhaust outlet 73 to exhaust air accumulated between a sheet separated from the sheet bundle and the sheet bundle.
Claims5
A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising:
- a sheet feeding tray to stack a sheet bundle configured with a plurality of sheets;
- a sheet feeding device to convey the sheet one by one from a top position of the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet tray;
- a first air blow device to flow air between the sheets by blowing air towards a side edge of the sheet bundle so as to separate the sheet from the sheet bundle;
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- a sheet side regulation member to regulate a side edge of the sheet bundle;
- wherein an air outlet to blow air from the first air blow device towards the side edge of the sheet bundle and an exhaust outlet to exhaust air remaining between the sheet separated from the sheet bundle and the sheet bundle are provided at the sheet side edge regulation member.
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