Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separators
Reexamination Certificate
2009-03-13
2011-12-13
Karmis, Stefanos (Department: 3653)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separators
C271S098000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08074978
ABSTRACT:
An image-forming apparatus and sheet feeding device capable of feeding sheets without skewing or multi-feeding of sheets using a small number of side air blowing drive sources. The sheet feeding device has a plurality of side discharge nozzles comprising side discharge outlets for blowing air onto the respective side edge surfaces of a paper stack, and two sirocco fans which are communicatively connected in series as a side air blowing drive source, and are communicatively connected, via a side discharge drive source chamber and a side discharge relay tube (duct), to the plurality of side discharge nozzles. The respective side discharge nozzles capable of moving in linkage with side fences, and an immovable fixed side discharge nozzle are disposed at different distances from the leading edge of the loaded and set paper stack with respect to a sheet feeding direction.
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Karmis Stefanos
Morrison Thomas
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Tohoku Ricoh Co. Ltd.
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