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US 8,079,586 B2Granted
Feed device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorsKeiichi Watanabe, Makoto Kitamura
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Abstract
A feed device includes a shaft, a roller member, and a cover member. The shaft is rotatably supported. The roller member engages with one end portion of the shaft through an engagement and disengagement member. The cover member covers the roller member in an openable and closable manner and supports the roller member. The engagement and disengagement member engages and disengages, corresponding to opening and closing of the cover member, the shaft with the roller member.
Claims12
A feed device comprising:
- a shaft being rotatably supported;
- a roller member engaging with one end portion of the shaft through an engagement and disengagement member;
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- a cover member covering the roller member in an openable and closable manner and supporting the roller member,
- wherein the engagement and disengagement member engages and disengages the shaft with the roller member upon movement of the engagement and disengagement member outwardly from one end portion of the roller member linearly along an axial direction of the roller member corresponding to opening and closing of the cover member.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a feed device including:
- a shaft being rotatably supported;
- a roller member engaging with one end portion of the shaft through an engagement and disengagement member;
- and
- a cover member covering the roller member in an openable and closable manner and supporting the roller member,
- wherein the engagement and disengagement member engages and disengages the shaft with the roller member upon movement of the engagement and disengagement member outwardly from one end portion of the roller member linearly along an axial direction of the roller member corresponding to opening and closing of the cover member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.