Sheet feeding device with compact transport path

摘要

A sheet feeding device for a photographic image forming device which has a print part (52), such as an inkjet. A non-stationary sheet pick device (66A) pushes the separated sheet out of the paper tray in an upward angle. Then the separated sheet is pushed towards a sheet feeding roller (80) which in turn forces the sheet through a radius (72C), so that the trailing edge never touches the roller. Then the roller reverses the rotation direction and pushes the sheet backwards. A sheet path control device (74) forces the sheet into a new paper path direction, onto the print table and towards the final sheet advance roller (90). Forcing the sheet through a radius and providing a paper path which wraps around the print mechanism enables miniaturization of the entire device.