发明名称 Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus including same
摘要 A sheet feeder including a sheet roll constituted of one long continuous sheet wound around a core, a sheet conveyance unit to convey the sheet fed from the sheet roll and including an extreme upstream member that contacts an upper surface of the sheet fed from the sheet roll at an extreme upstream side in a direction of conveyance of the sheet, and a trailing end detector rotatable by contacting the sheet extended between the core of the sheet roll and the extreme upstream member. The trailing end detector detects a trailing end of the sheet roll upon being rotated upward to a position above a line connecting the extreme upstream member and a lowest part of the core of the sheet roll having a minimum diameter usable in the sheet feeder.
申请公布号 US9457596(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.10.04
申请号 US201313747788 申请日期 2013.01.23
申请人 RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 发明人 Ogawa Masato
分类号 B41J11/00;B41J29/48;B65H20/02 主分类号 B41J11/00
代理机构 Cooper & Dunham LLP 代理人 Cooper & Dunham LLP
主权项 1. A sheet feeder, comprising: a sheet roll constituted of one long continuous sheet wound, starting with a trailing end of the sheet roll, around a core; a sheet conveyance unit including one or more conveyance members to convey in a conveyance direction the sheet fed from the sheet roll, anda contact member that is upstream, in the conveyance direction, of the conveyance members and contacts at a contact point to an upper surface of the sheet fed from the sheet roll; a trailing end detector which (i) is rotatable about a rotary shaft that is disposed at a position closer to the sheet conveyance unit than to the sheet roll and (ii) is disposed to contact an upper surface of the sheet extended between the core of the sheet roll and the contact member when the sheet is guided by the contact member upward in the conveyance direction, the trailing end detector detecting the trailing end of the sheet roll upon being rotated upward by displacement of the upper surface of the sheet to a position above a notional line connecting the contact point of the contact member and a lowest part of the outer circumference of the core; and a support member that supports both of the contact member and the trailing end detector.
地址 Tokyo JP