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US 2010/0148430 A1Published application
Feed device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMunehisa FUDA
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Abstract
A feed device includes a paper tray on which sheets are stacked and a side fence that guides a side edges of a sheet stacked on the paper tray in a sheet feed direction. The feed device feeds an uppermost sheet from the sheets stacked on the paper tray to an image forming apparatus. A plurality of concavities and convexities integrally formed with an identical material to the side fence is formed on a surface of the side fence that is in contact with an edge face of a fed sheet.
Claims10
A feed device comprising:
- a paper tray on which one or more sheets are stacked;
- and
- a side fence that guides a side edge of a sheet stacked on the paper tray in a sheet feed direction, wherein
- the feed device feeds an uppermost sheet from the sheets stacked on the paper tray one by one to another device, and
- a plurality of concavities and convexities integrally formed with an identical material to the side fence is formed on a surface of the side fence that is in contact with a side edge of the sheet when the sheet is being fed.
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A feed device comprising:
- a paper tray on which one or more sheets are stacked;
- and
- a side fence that guides a side edge of a sheet stacked on the paper tray in a sheet feed direction, wherein
- the feed device feeds an uppermost sheet from the sheets stacked on the paper tray one by one to another device,
- the side fence includes a pressing member that presses the side edge of the sheet, and
- a plurality of concavities and convexities integrally formed with an identical material to the pressing member is formed on a surface of the pressing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.