Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Multiple supplies
Patent
1994-03-15
1995-09-19
Bollinger, David H.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Multiple supplies
271147, 271152, B65H 344
Patent
active
054510392
ABSTRACT:
A cut sheet feeder for use with an image forming apparatus, comprising: a sheet feed mechanism for picking up stacked cut sheets one at a time from a single sheet feed position and for feeding each sheet to an image recording portion; a sheet feed unit which is vertically movable relative to the sheet feed mechanism, to which a cassette containing cut sheets may be attached in a detachable manner, and which has a cutout portion corresponding to the position of the sheet feed mechanism; a sheet feed table which is vertically movable within the sheet feed unit and which carries a large number of cut sheets; and a sheet feed controller for lifting, in a sheet feed mode based on the cassette, at least the sheet feed unit up to a position where the cut sheets in the cassette reach the sheet feed position; and for lifting, in a sheet feed mode based on the sheet feed table, the sheet feed unit to a position where the top of the unit comes above the sheet feed position with the cutout portion of the unit letting the sheet feed mechanism pass therethrough unchecked, thereby lifting the sheet feed table up to a position where the cut sheets on the sheet feed table reach the sheet feed position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4332375 (1982-06-01), Tsubo
patent: 5335901 (1994-08-01), Nonomura et al.
Bollinger David H.
Riso Kagaku Corporation
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