Image formation apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Nakamura
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus comprising: a main unit including an image formation section; a sheet storage section being disposed in said main unit for storing a large number of stacked sheets; feed means for giving a transport force to the sheets in said sheet storage section in a predetermined direction from said sheet storage section; a friction member being placed facing said feed means so that it comes in elastic contact with said feed means for forming a nip portion for separating sheets transported in overlapped relation; and a support member for forming said friction member with a projection projecting from said nip portion in either one direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the sheet for said feed means and supporting said friction member.
Claims8
An image formation apparatus for use with multiple sheets, comprising:
- a main unit including an image formation section;
- a sheet storage section disposed in said main unit for storing multiple stacked sheets;
- feed means for communicating a transport force to at least one sheet of the multiple sheets in said sheet storage section in a predetermined sheet feeding direction from said sheet storage section;
- a friction member disposed so as to oppose and elastically contact said feed means, the feed means and friction member forming a nip portion that extends in a nip extension direction for separating sheets transported in overlapped relation, the friction member including a projection that projects from the nip portion;
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- a support member for supporting said friction member such that the projection of the friction member projects from the nip portion at an angle relative to the nip extension direction so as to grip a sheet disposed in the nip portion to prevent the sheet from becoming skewed relative to the sheet feeding direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.