Sheet supplying apparatus

Details Sheet supplying apparatus Sheet supplying apparatus

2006-09-24

2009-06-23

Mackey, Patrick H (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

Multiple supplies

C271S167000, C271S121000, C271S009070

Reexamination Certificate

active

07549624

ABSTRACT:
A sheet supplying apparatus including first and second sheet accommodating portions; at least one supplying member which supplies recording sheets from the accommodating portions; a separating device which cooperates with the supplying member to separate the recording sheets from each other, and which includes (A) an inclined guide plate opposed to respective leading ends of the recording sheets and (B) a sheet-separate body including sheet-separate portions arranged in an array along a sheet-supply path so as to project from the inclined guide plate toward the recording sheets; and at least one contact preventing portion which projects toward the recording sheets, beyond respective free ends of the sheet-separate portions, and which is provided at a position corresponding to an intermediate portion of the array of sheet-separate portions with respect to the sheet-supply path, and assuring that the contact preventing portion prevents each of the recording sheets supplied from the first accommodating portion, from contacting at least one sheet-separate portion of a downstream portion of the array of sheet-separate portions located on a downstream side of the contact preventing portion with respect to the sheet-supply path, and allows each of the recording sheets supplied from the second accommodating portion to contact the downstream portion of the array of sheet-separate portions.

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