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US 4,788,571 AGranted
Recording paper feeding device with paper position regulating member
AssigneeKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Ura, Takao Shiozawa
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Abstract
A paper feeding device wherein a backing plate for carrying thereon papers is moved up and down by a lifting device, a rotating device rotates a rear regulating member mounted on the backing plate with respect to the backing plate while the crest of the rear regulating member makes contact with a cover of a paper container when the backing plate is lifted by the lifting device.
Claims14
A paper feeding device comprising:
- lifting means for lifting to a predetermined position a backing plate for carrying papers thereon;
- paper container means having a movable cover;
- a rear regulating member mounted on said backing plate for regulating the rear end of papers carried on said backing plate, said rear regulating member having a crest portion arranged to contact said cover;
- rotating means coupled at least to said rear regulating member for permitting rotation of said rear regulating member with respect to said backing plate while the crest portion of said rear regulating member contacts with said cover according to the elevation of said backing plate by said lifting means;
- and
- paper feed means for feeding the paper from said paper container means in a substantially horizontal direction.
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A paper feeding device comprising:
- paper carrying means for carrying a stack of a large number of recording papers;
- a paper container having said paper carrying means therein;
- said paper carrying means comprising a backing plate means which is movable up and down on which said large number of recording papers are mounted, and a rear regulating member coupled to said backing plate means and being arranged for regulating the rear end of substantially an entire stack of said recording papers carried on said backing plate means;
- and p1 said rear regulating member being movably coupled to said backing plate means so as to assume a substantially upright position extending above said backing plate means to regulate said rear end of said stack of recording papers when said backing plate means is in a lower position, and assuming successively lowered positions responsive to said backing plate means rising above said lower position, said rear regulating member regulating said rear end of said stack of recording papers throughout the movement of said backing plate means from its lowermost position to its uppermost position.
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A paper feeding device comprising:
- lifting means for lifting to a predetermined position a backing plate for carrying papers thereon;
- paper container means;
- a rear regulating member mounted on said backing plate for regulating the rear end of papers carried on said backing plate, said rear regulating member having an engaging portion arranged to engage a portion of said paper container means;
- rotating means coupled at least to said rear regulating member for permitting rotation of said rear regulating member with respect to said backing plate while said engaging portion of said rear regulating member engages with said portion of said paper container means according to the elevation of said backing plate by said lifting means;
- and
- paper feed means for feeding the paper from said paper container means in a substantially horizontal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.