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US 2022/0089388 A1Published application
Document feed device, and image forming device including the same
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKENJI KURODA
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Abstract
A document feed device including a document tray and a document guide. The document guide has a document guide side document loader and a document guide member. The document tray includes a groove. The document guide, at an end of the document guide side document loader in the width direction, includes: a scooper, and an upstream outline portion that is formed so as to gradually approach the document guide member toward an upstream side in the conveying direction with the scooper as an apex.
Claims15
A document feed device, comprising:
- a document tray that loads a document;
- and a document guide that guides an end side of the document on at least one side of the document in a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the document loaded on the document tray, wherein
- the document guide includes:
- a document guide side document loader that has a document loading face on which the document is loaded, and a document guide member that stands from the document guide side document loader and guides the end side of the document,
- the document tray includes a groove that extends along the width direction for a reciprocating movement of the document guide in the width direction, and
- the document guide, at an end of the document guide side document loader in the width direction, includes:
- a scooper that scoops up the end side of the document when the document guide is moved toward the document loaded on the document tray, and an upstream outline portion that is formed so as to gradually approach the document guide member toward an upstream side in the conveying direction with the scooper as an apex.
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