Sheet-supply device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorShigeru Morinaga
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Abstract
A sheet-supply device internally defining a supply route through which to supply a sheet. The sheet-supply device includes a supply member to supply the sheet from a rolled long sheet, a guide member to guide the sheet to the supply member, provided upstream in a direction in which the sheet is moved to the supply member and, movable between a guide position at which the sheet is guided to the supply member and an escape position at which the guide member is away from the supply route of the sheet.
Claims16
A sheet-supply device internally defining a supply route through which to supply a sheet, the sheet-supply device comprising:
- a supply member to supply the sheet from a rolled long sheet;
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- a guide member to guide the sheet to the supply member, provided upstream a direction in which the sheet is moved to the supply member and movable between a guide position at which the sheet is guided to the supply member and an escape position at which the guide member is away from the supply route of the sheet,
- wherein the guide member is configured and disposed to move in a direction along an outer circumferential surface of the rolled long sheet which is rolled around a roll member.
A sheet-supply device internally defining a supply route through which to supply a sheet, the sheet-supply device comprising:
- a supply member to supply the sheet from a rolled long sheet;
- a cover unit to pivot around the rolled long sheet, provided upstream a direction in which the sheet is moved to the supply member;
- the cover unit comprising:
- a guide member to guide the sheet to the supply member, and
- a protective cover to protect the rolled long sheet, connected to the guide member,
- wherein the cover unit movable between a guide position at which the sheet is guided to the supply member and an escape position at which the guide member s away from the supply route of the sheet, and
- wherein the cover unit is configured and disposed to move in a direction along an outer circumferential surface of the rolled long sheet which is rolled around a roll member.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming device to perform image formation on a sheet;
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- a sheet-supply device internally defining a supply route through which to supply the sheet,
- the sheet-supply device comprising:
- a supply member to supply the sheet from o d long sheet o the image forming device;
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- a guide member to guide the sheet to the supply member, provided upstream from the supply member in a direction in which the sheet is moved to the supply member, and movable between a guide position at which the sheet is guided to the supply member and an escape position at which the guide member is away from the supply route of the sheet,
- wherein the guide member is configured and disposed to move in a direction along an outer circumferential surface of the rolled long sheet which is rolled around a roll member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.