| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 271117000 | Separator adjustable or retractable relative to pack | 39 |
| 20110180985 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED SHEET FEEDING MECHANISM - An image forming device including a pick-up roller, a planetary gear mechanism having an input gear, a trigger and an output gear, a lift mechanism, a cam member, a change-over member, and a stop assembly. The change-over member includes a first arm movable between a first position engaging with the trigger for transmitting rotation of the input gear to the output gear and a second position disengaging from the trigger for shutting off the transmission of rotation from the input gear to the output gear. The second arm is contactable with the cam member for moving the first arm between the first and second positions in accordance with the movement of the pickup roller. The stop assembly includes a third arm movable between a third position engageable with the output gear and a fourth position disengaging from the output gear, and a fourth arm contactable with the cam member for moving the third arm between the third and fourth positions. The cam portion has a cam profile configured to position the first arm at the second position and to position the third arm at the third position when the pressure plate is at the stopping position at a stopping phase of rotation of the cam portion, and to position the first arm at the first position after the start of rotation of the cam portion, and then to position the third arm at the fourth position, and to again position the third arm at the third position with maintaining the first position of the first arm after the temporary rotation stop phase and the rotation re-start phase, and then to position the first arm at the second position. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20100044954 | FEED DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE - Provided is a feed device including: a loading unit in which a plurality of sheet members is loaded in a stacked state; a delivery member which performs a feed operation in a state in which a contact surface thereof is in contact with an uppermost sheet member of the sheet members loaded on the loading unit and delivers the sheet member in a feed direction using friction force with the uppermost sheet member as the feeding force; a gate member which is configured to move in a direction to and from the contact surface of the delivery member and has an inclined surface with which a front end of the sheet member delivered by the delivery member collides with; and a gate energizing member which energizes the gate member in a direction approaching to the contact surface of the delivery member. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20130082438 | PAPER FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - ADF includes a pickup roller, an arm, a regulatory member, a drive motor and a control section. The pickup roller is supported at shaft thereof by the arm swung between a lowered position and a raised position. The drive motor supplies a driving force for the swing to the arm. The regulatory member constrains the arm from moving upward across the raised position. The control section sets a setting-speed of the drive motor to a first speed by which much importance is attached to the reduction of driving noise of the drive motor when a first driving factor causing the arm to move from the neighborhood of the raised position occurs, and sets the setting-speed to a second speed by which much importance is attached to the reduction of contact noise with the regulatory member when a second driving factor causing the arm to move from the lowered position occurs. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20120217696 | Sheet Feeder and Image Forming Apparatus - A sheet feeder includes a casing having a loading surface, a supply roller, a drive mechanism, a blocking member, and an interlocking mechanism. The supply roller is configured to feed recording sheets on the loading surface toward the image forming unit. The drive mechanism is configured to move the supply roller. The blocking member is disposed upstream from the supply roller in a sheet feed direction and includes a block surface configured to be moved between a first position and a second position. The block surface is configured to block insertion of a recording sheet to a downstream side when in the first position, and configured to allow insertion of the recording sheets on the loading surface when in the second position. The interlocking mechanism is configured to receive a drive force from the drive mechanism to move the blocking member. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130119600 | PAPER FEEDING MECHANISM - A paper feeding mechanism includes a frame, a pickup assembly, at least one stopper element and one resisting element. The pickup assembly mounted in the frame includes a pickup bracket, a separation element and a pickup element. The stopper element is pivotably mounted between the pickup element and the separation element, and includes a blocking portion and a stopper portion. The resisting element is pivotably mounted between the stopper element and the separation element, and includes a resisting portion and a raising portion. The pickup element wiggles upward or downward under a drive of a gear to make the resisting element wiggle upward or downward with the resisting portion resisting against the stopper portion or being away from the stopper portion to make the blocking portion block papers entering the paper feeding mechanism, or loose the blocking portion freely to let the papers enter the paper feeding mechanism. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119601 | PICKUP MECHANISM - A pickup mechanism includes a main frame, a supporting element mounted to the main frame, and a pickup module positioned in the main frame and including a pickup arm, a transmitting element, a separation element, a pickup element and a barrel element. The separation element includes a separation shaft and a separation roller. The pickup element includes a pickup shaft and a pickup roller. The separation roller and the pickup roller are restricted in the pickup arm. The transmitting element links the separation shaft and the pickup shaft. The pickup arm is pivoted at the separation shaft. The barrel element has a base portion pivotally mounted around the pickup shaft, and a stopping block. When the pickup module swings upward or downward, the barrel element is driven to rotate along with the pickup shaft to make the stopping block against the supporting element or apart from the supporting element. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119602 | DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A document conveying device of the present disclosure includes a feeding unit, a stopper, and a restriction surface. The feeding unit is swingably supported on a first swinging fulcrum and is disposed selectively at a paper feeding position or at a retracted position. The stopper is swingably supported on a second swinging fulcrum, and has a document restriction portion and an engagement piece. The restriction surface is provided on the main body side of the document conveying device, and extends downward from a position coinciding with a first trajectory toward an inner side of the first trajectory, while extending downward from a position coinciding with a second trajectory toward an inner side of the second trajectory. When the feeding unit is at the retracted position, the engagement piece is engaged with the restriction surface, and when the feeding unit is at the paper feeding position, the engagement therebetween is released. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20090121412 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a loading section in which a recording medium is set; a feed roller feeding the recording medium set in the loading section; a first urging mechanism urging one of the loading section and the feed roller to decrease a distance between the set recording medium and the feed roller; an edge guide being movable in a width direction of the recording medium to align lateral edges of the recording medium set in the loading section; a DC motor allowing the edge guide to move; and a determination unit determining whether a current value at the time of driving the DC motor reaches a predetermined threshold value. Here, the driving of the DC motor is stopped when it is determined by the determination unit that the current value reaches the predetermined threshold value. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100084806 | Paper feed unit for printer - A paper feed unit for a printer to form an image on a print paper by an image former, the paper feed unit including: a paper feed tray that stacks print papers to be fed; a paper transfer route that transfers print papers; a register roller that is provided upstream of the image former in a paper transfer direction in the paper transfer route and holds a fed print paper to adjust a timing to transfer the fed print paper to the image former; a pick-up roller that transmits a print paper stacked in the paper feed tray to the register roller, the pick-up roller being smaller in width than a width of a print paper to be transmitted; and a regulator that comes into contact with a loose portion of a print paper loosened in a paper feed route in between the pick-up roller and the register roller. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20090091074 | Feeder and multifunction printer using the same - A feeder and a multifunction printer using the same are provided. The feeder for moving a piece of paper includes a base, a housing, a cover and a driving mechanism. The base has a first surface for supporting the paper. The housing includes a frame and a holder. The frame is disposed over the base and has an opening that exposes part of the first surface. The holder for holding the paper is disposed over the frame, and a containing space is formed between the holder and the first surface. The cover is laid over one side of the housing. The driving mechanism is for driving the paper so as to move the paper from the holder to the first surface. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090283960 | SHEET FEEDER - A sheet feeder has a tray for receiving one or more media sheets. An arm is configured to pivot relative to the tray. A roller is rotatably coupled to the arm. A biasing device is coupled to the arm. The biasing device biases the arm to pivot toward the tray. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20110204560 | Sheet Feeding Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A sheet feeding device includes a sheet cassette which accommodates stacked sheets. The sheet feeding device further includes a pickup roller, a separation pad, a separating roller pressing the sheet against the separating pad and a holder arm which holds the pickup roller and the separating roller. The sheet feeding device still further includes an urging member configured to urge the separating roller toward the separating pad and includes a supporting portion configured to support a specific portion of the holder arm. When the sheet cassette is removed, the support portion supports the specific portion of the holder arm at a supporting position and the pickup roller is positioned at an upper position. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20100102501 | FRICTION RETARD FEEDER - Sheet feeding systems and methods for using such systems to feed a sheet from a stack in a document processing system are disclosed. An exemplary sheet feeding system may include a feed roll, a retard system, a trailing edge retention system and a system for automatically an selectively separating the feed roll and the retard system. The feed roll may be configured to drive a first sheet of a stack of sheets in a process direction. The retard system may be configured to prevent one or more second sheets from being driven in the process direction. The trailing edge retention system may be configured to automatically and selectively retain one or more second sheets in the stack by applying a force to a trailing portion of at least one second sheet, thus allowing the feed roll and retard system to be separated during much of the feed cycle. As a result, wear of the feed roll and/or retard system may be reduced. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20080277864 | PAPER FEEDING DEVICE - A paper feeding device includes a cover, a base, a pickup roller assembly and at least one paper blocking unit. The paper blocking unit is placed beside the pickup roller assembly, has a paper blocking element and a projection projecting from the upper portion of the side wall of the pickup roller assembly. The paper blocking element includes a connecting portion, a paper blocking arm, a pivot rotatablely connecting the cover. A connecting arm extends upwards from the end of the pivot, a blocking portion projects from the outer side of the connecting arm, a passage is formed between the blocking portion and the connecting arm. The projection can be downward against the blocking portion of the paper blocking element or pass through the passage of the paper blocking element to allow the paper to be fed in, so the cooperation is easy, the paper feeding device works smoothly. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080265490 | MEDIA STACK STOP - Various apparatus and methods relating to a media stack stop are disclosed. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20120104682 | Removable Input Tray Assembly Having an Integrated Roller Nip for an Image Forming Device - A removable input tray assembly for an image forming device according to one embodiment includes a media tray having a bottom surface and a wall extending upward from the bottom surface. The bottom surface defines a media storage location for storing a stack of media sheets. The assembly further includes a housing having an opening therein to receive the media tray. An inclined media dam is formed in the wall and has a media contact surface for directing media advanced from the media storage location. A channel is provided in the wall and extends the height of the wall for directing media passing therethrough. A roller nip is formed in the channel within the media tray by a pair of rollers for advancing media through the channel. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20090079126 | Sheet supply device and image forming apparatus - When a paper feed cassette is again mounted, a pressing portion of a pressing member is brought into contact from the front side on a second surface of an extending portion of a contacting member, and the contacting member is pressed by the pressing member to be displaced from the retract position to the contact position. At this time, the pressing portion of the contacting member presses a pressed portion of a disc member to rotate a third cam itself in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing. Accordingly, the lift lever locked by the third cam is released, and an end portion of an arm member is allowed to move upward. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090200729 | Sheet Feeder and Image Forming Device Provided with the Same - A sheet feeder includes a feed roller feeding a sheet while rotating in a feeding direction, a driving gear that rotates in a predetermined direction and transmits a driving force, a first gear mechanism transmitting the force to the feed roller to rotate the feed roller in a reverse direction opposite to the feeding direction, and a second gear mechanism transmitting the force to the feed roller to rotate the feed roller in the feeding direction. The driving gear includes a first engaging member that engages with the first gear mechanism and transmits the force to the first gear mechanism at a rotational angle of the driving gear within a first range, and a second engaging member that engages with the second gear mechanism and transmits the force to the second gear mechanism at the rotational angle within a second range having no common range with the first range. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090250867 | Feeder Unit, Sheet Feeding Device, and Image Forming Apparatus - A feeder unit to feed sheets is provided. The feeder unit includes a main frame, being swingably supported at a pivotal end by a first shaft, and arranged to extend from the first shaft toward an upper level of a tray, a rotary member, which is rotatably supported, and is arranged to come in contact with a topmost surface of the sheets, a pair of opposing walls, formed in the main frame, a secondary frame, having a pair of supporting walls which come to face the opposing walls, a gear train to transmit rotation force to the rotary member, a positioning system to situate the secondary frame in a predetermined position, and a detachment restricting system to restrict the secondary frame from being detached from the main frame. The secondary frame is situated in the predetermined position when the rotary member rotates in a direction to feed the sheets. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100156032 | ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR FEEDING STACKED SHEET MATERIAL - A roller assembly for conveying stacked sheet material along a feed path. The roller assembly includes a first roller adapted for rotation within a housing, a second roller pivotally mounting about an axis to the housing and opposing the first roller to define a roller nip, a spring biasing mechanism operative to bias the second roller about the pivot axis toward the first roller to effect optimum frictional engagement of the roller nip with the face surfaces of the stacked sheet material and a transmission assembly operative to (i) transfer rotational motion of the first roller to the second roller, (ii) drive the first and second rollers in opposing directions to convey the stacked sheet material along the feed path, and (iii) facilitate pivot motion of the second roller about the pivot axis to vary the spacing of the roller nip and accommodate stacks of sheet material which vary in thickness. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100308528 | SHEET STOPPING MECHANISM AND AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER HAVING SUCH SHEET STOPPING MECHANISM - A sheet stopping mechanism includes a guiding element, a sheet stopping element and a guiding slot. The guiding element includes a sheathing part and an extension arm. The sheathing part is sheathed around an axle of the sheet pick-up roller. The sheet stopping element includes a stopping part, a protrusion part and a contact part. The extension arm of the guiding element is upwardly sustained against at the contact part of the sheet stopping element. The protrusion part of the sheet stopping element is accommodated within the guiding slot. When the sheet pick-up roller is moved toward a sheet input tray, the guiding element is uplifted. As a result, the protrusion part of the sheet stopping element is shifted and rotated in the guiding slot, and a front edge of the paper sheet is no longer hindered by the stopping part of the sheet stopping element. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110241282 | TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS - A transporting apparatus which is capable of restraining multi feed of transported media is provided. The transporting apparatus includes a first arm mounted on a supporting shaft so as to be pivotable with respect to the supporting shaft about a first pivotal portion, a second arm fixed with a feed roller and mounted on the first arm so as to be pivotable with respect to the first arm about the second pivotal portion, and a torsion coil spring acting on the second pivotal portion so as to urge the feed roller toward the sheet in a just-before-transport state and a sheet transporting state. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20100059929 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A sheet feeding device has: a sheet accommodating portion that accommodates a sheet stack of a plurality of sheets; a sheet carrying plate that is provided within the sheet accommodating portion and stacks the sheet stack thereon; a pickup roller that contacts an upper face of the sheet stack and dispatches a sheet on an uppermost layer of the sheet stack, an elevator mechanism that displaces the sheet carrying plate between a sheet feeding position in which the upper face of the sheet stack contacts the pickup roller, and a separating position in which the upper face of the sheet stack separates from the pickup roller by a predetermined distance; and a controller that controls an operation of the elevator mechanism such that the sheet carrying plate is lowered to the separating position after a sheet feeding operation for feeding a sheet at the sheet feeding position is completed. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110074094 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A sheet feeder, including: a holding portion for holding sheets; a sheet supply portion; an inclined member having an inclined surface for guiding each sheet in a sheet feed direction along the inclined surface; a first separation protrusion provided integrally on the inclined member so as to protrude from the inclined surface such that its distal end is located more downstream in the sheet feed direction than its proximal end; a plurality of second separation protrusions formed of a metal and disposed more upstream in the sheet feed direction than the first separation protrusion, each second separation protrusion protruding from the inclined surface through a corresponding one of openings formed in the inclined member, the second separation protrusions being arranged in the sheet feed direction; and a fixing member by which the second separation protrusions are fixed to the inclined member on a surface thereof opposite to the inclined surface. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074093 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A sheet feeder, including; a sheet holding portion; a sheet supply portion; an inclined member having an inclined surface and configured to guide each sheet in a sheet feed direction; and separation protrusions which are provided on the inclined member and each of which protrudes from the inclined surface such that a distal end thereof is located more downstream in the sheet feed direction than a proximal end thereof, wherein each separation protrusion has a contact surface and said each sheet comes into contact with one or more contact surfaces of the separation protrusions, and wherein each separation protrusion protrudes from the inclined surface such that the distal end of one of the separation protrusions is located more downstream in the sheet feed direction than the proximal end of another of the separation protrusions that is located immediately downstream of the one of the separation protrusions in the sheet feed direction. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074092 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A sheet feeder, including: a holding portion for holding sheets; a sheet supply portion; an inclined member disposed downstream of the holding portion and having an inclined surface for guiding each sheet in a sheet feed direction along the inclined surface; a plurality of first separation protrusions provided on and integrally with the inclined member and arranged in the sheet feed direction, each first separation protrusion protruding from the inclined surface such that its distal end is located more downstream in the sheet feed direction than its proximal end; and a plurality of second separation protrusions formed of a metal, each second separation protrusion protruding from the inclined surface through a corresponding one of openings formed in the inclined member at a position in the sheet feed direction between corresponding adjacent two of the first separation protrusions, the second separation protrusions being arranged in the sheet feed direction. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20100301543 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device includes a holding unit configured to hold a stack of sheets; a pickup roller, which feeds a sheet placed on top of the stack held in the holding unit when the pickup roller comes in contact with the sheet; a holder arm having a distal end to which the pickup roller is attached, wherein the holder arm has a swing center set at a position closer to the pickup roller side than the holding unit, and wherein the distal end of the holder arm extends from the swing center to the holding unit side; and a resiliently-deformable unit, which generates a swing moment to swing the holder arm to increases contact surface pressure between the sheet held in the holding unit and the pickup roller, wherein the swing moment increases as a contact angle between an extension direction of the holder arm and the sheet increases. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20080203652 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A sheet feeding device includes a setting roller, a motor, a flag, a setting guide, a setting-guide swinging device, and a locking mechanism. The motor generates a driving force to rotate the setting roller. The flap swings between a standby position and a feeding position, and, when at the standby position, does not allow transport of a sheet. The setting guide swings between a standby position and a feeding position, and, when at the standby position, separates a sheet from the setting roller. The setting-guide swinging device swings the setting guide using the driving force from the motor. The locking mechanism prevents the flap from swinging to the feeding position when the flap and the setting guide are in the respective standby positions. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20110304095 | PAPER FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PAPER FEEDING METHOD - A paper feeding apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a pick-up roller that picks up stacked sheets; a stopper guide of which a side wall abuts on front ends of the sheets at least at a lower layer in a transport direction from among the stacked sheets; and an elevation control unit that elevates the stopper guide by interlocking with elevation of the pick-up roller. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110156343 | Dual Shaft Media Picking Mechanism - A media picking mechanism includes a pair of transmission shafts rotating in opposite directions. A housing is mounted around the pair of transmission shafts such that the first transmission shaft and the second transmission shaft are positioned substantially equidistant from a centerline of the housing. During a media picking operation, the rotation of the first transmission shaft of the pair of transmission shafts provides a first moment to the housing and rotation of a second transmission shaft of the pair of transmission shafts provides a second moment to the housing, which is equal and opposite to the first moment such that a net moment on the housing is near zero minimizing twisting of the housing. The two transmission shafts rotating in opposite directions, also results in substantially equal normal force to be applied by the first and second pick tires on the media. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120126475 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus having a structure to prevent print defects caused by residual paper. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a paper feeding cassette separably mounted to the main body, a pickup member to pick up paper from the paper feeding cassette, and a paper separating member including a plurality of links to apply pressure to the pickup member when the paper feeding cassette is mounted to the main body and to release the pressure applied to the pickup member when the paper feeding cassette is separated from the main body. The paper separating member includes a first link to be pressed by the paper feeding cassette, a second link provided with a separating unit to press the pickup member, and an elastic member between the first link and the second link to allow the first link to press the second link. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120313314 | PICKUP ARM - A pickup arm for print media arranged to engage a roller. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20100007078 | PICKUP ROLLER LIFTING AND LOWERING MECHANISM IN PAPER FEEDING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PICKUP ROLLER LIFTING AND LOWERING MECHANISM - A pressing projection of a paper feeding cassette presses a push-back mechanism to thereby release urging of a cam gear in a direction opposite to a direction of the paper feeding cassette. The cam gear moves in the direction of the paper feeding cassette. A cam of the cam gear rotates a rotation lever. The rotation lever rotates a pickup roller lifting and lowering shaft. The pickup roller lifting and lowering shaft lowers a pickup roller. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110121509 | MEDIUM SUPPLY UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A medium supply unit of an image forming apparatus, the medium supply unit may include: a main body housing; a tray connected to the main body housing and loading a printing-target medium therein; an activating shaft connected to the main body housing and being rotated in a predetermined direction by an activating force of an activating source; an intermediate member supported by one end of the activating shaft to deliver a rotating force of the activating shaft; a first elastic member having one end connected to the intermediate member and the other end supported by the activating shaft; and elastically biasing the intermediate member in a direction facing the printing-target medium according to a rotation of the activating shaft; and a roller unit having a roller unit housing that is attachable to the intermediate member and at least one roller that is supported by the roller unit housing and picks up and supplies printing-target media loaded in the tray; and configured to deliver to the roller(s) an elastic force of the first elastic member and a rotating force of the activating shaft when the activating shaft is rotated. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120326382 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a sheet feeder and an image forming apparatus that can prevent a sheet from being broken, bent, or remaining in an apparatus when a sheet containing portion is pulled out. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326381 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device and an image forming apparatus which can stably separate sheets even when the position of a pressing portion is changed are provided. A guide portion supports sheets from below and guides the sheets to a pressing portion between a sheet feeding roller which is biased in the direction pressing the sheet feeding roller onto the sheets stacked on a sheet stacking portion and a separating member which separates the sheets fed from the sheet feeding roller one by one. The guide portion is linearly lowered together with the separating member with the downward movement of the sheet feeding roller biased by a roller biasing member. | 12-27-2012 |
| 271118000 | Feed by successive approach and retraction | 3 |
| 20090026692 | PAPER-SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A paper-sheet feeding device including a kicker roller configured to contact a forefront paper-sheet of a plurality of stacked paper-sheets and kick out the forefront paper-sheet; a feed roller to feed-out the paper-sheets to be kicked out by the kicker roller; and a press-fitting roller press-fit against the feed roller to provide a gate unit adapted to separate the paper-sheets to be fed by the feed roller, into one sheet. The kicker roller includes a base part and a high friction part formed in part of the outer circumference of the base part along the circumferential direction and configured to kick out the forefront paper-sheet. The feed roller includes a base part and a high friction part formed over the entire outer circumference of the base part and configured to contact the surface of the paper-sheet to be kicked out by the kicker roller to perform feed-out of the paper-sheet. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20080265491 | PAPER FEEDING APPARATUS - A paper feeding apparatus used in a state where the apparatus accumulates paper sheets for an image forming apparatus to form images thereon and the paper feeding apparatus is attached to a main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein an engaging-holding member is provided for an exterior wall face of the paper feeding apparatus, and the engaging-holding member engages and holds the paper feeding apparatus with an exterior housing of the image forming apparatus so as to enable the paper feeding apparatus to move into/from the exterior housing of the image forming apparatus, is provided for an exterior wall face of the paper feeding apparatus, and wherein the engaging-holding member is provided for a specific one of the exterior wall faces of the paper feeding apparatus corresponding to the moving direction determined according to the specification of the image forming apparatus. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090014944 | FEEDING DEVICE, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND FEEDING METHOD - A feeding device is provided including a stacking portion on which a plurality of recording media are stacked, a feed roller that feeds the recording medium stacked on the stacking portion, biasing means for applying biasing force to either the stacking portion or the feed roller to thereby decrease the distance between the stacking portion and the feed roller, and biasing force adjustment means for adjusting the magnitude of the biasing force of the biasing means. | 01-15-2009 |
